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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Ethan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ethan opens the bottle in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles" and the narrative transitions to Amma’s childhood, what is Amma’s great-great-great grandmother called?
(a) Sulla the Prophet
(b) Paula the Palimpset
(c) Sarafine the Shifter
(d) Del the Delinquent

2. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle for eleven across: “As in, apparition or phantasm” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Poltergeist
(b) Spirit
(c) Anomaly
(d) Sheer

3. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle for six down: “As in, parochial. Local. Insular. The place we’re stuck, whether in the Otherworld or the Mortal one” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Malvern
(b) Gatlin
(c) Jackson
(d) Cleveland

4. What is the name of the aunt that Amma says Ethan is with in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?
(a) Lila
(b) Caroline
(c) Marian
(d) Sarafine

5. What does Ethan take from Aunt Prue’s hands before leaving her house as she sleeps in Chapter 4: “Catfish Crossin’”?
(a) A ring
(b) A map
(c) A book
(d) A key

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Ethan and his mother when they return to the land of the dead in Chapter 10: "Snake Eyes"?

2. Who is described in the newspaper as having won the Carolina Duck-Calling contest in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

3. What word is written on the sheet of notebook paper that Lena leaves on Ethan’s grave in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?

4. What route does Ethan instinctively look for as he heads toward Main Street in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?

5. In what book does Ethan describe a sock sticking out as a bookmark in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?

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