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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jeff bring back for Brother Thomas from Charleston when he visited his mother?
(a) Beans
(b) Chocolate
(c) Bread
(d) Wine

2. What does Jeff ask the Professor when his letters to his mother and Gambo go unanswered?
(a) If the address is right
(b) If his mother loves him
(c) If letters get lost
(d) If the Professor mailed the letters

3. What does Jeff do in response to the offer of a new Christmas gift, though he explains his response later?
(a) Gets angry
(b) Leaves the house
(c) Laughs
(d) Cries

4. Over breakfast, ______________ reminds Jeff that he had invited himself to stay, which makes him feel uncomfortable.
(a) Miss Opal
(b) Aunt Booty
(c) Gambo
(d) Melody

5. Professor notes that Tolstoy once said that every unhappy family is ____________ in its own way.
(a) Unhappy
(b) Happy
(c) Determined
(d) Quiet

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is NOT one of the groups of needy that Melody says she wants to help when she is away from the Professor and Jeff?

2. When the Professor takes Jeff to ________________, Jeff fears he will walk off down the beach and not return.

3. At what time was Jeff's plane supposed to leave, which gave him little time to make it?

4. What does Jeff write to Gambo after he arrives back in town from his trip with his mother?

5. What did Jeff realize he would miss as the night became darker and darker?

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