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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what did a midwife take when Briny did not pay her cash money?
(a) Picture.
(b) Coat.
(c) Hat.
(d) Dress.

2. At the end of Chapter 10, what color is the hair of the boy who tells Rill not to let Riggs get her off by herself?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

3. In Chapter 13, who does Avery think her grandmother wrote her last letter to on her typewriter in the cottage on Edisto Island?
(a) Her father.
(b) Trent Turner.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Uncle Clifford.

4. In Chapter 6, how old does Rill think the boy with Zede was?
(a) Maybe 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) About 16.

5. In the Prelude, from where was the story told?
(a) Reston, Virginia.
(b) Arlington, Virginia.
(c) Baltimore, Maryland.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what type of tree does Avery remember playing under at her grandmother's house?

2. Where did Avery's parents meet?

3. How old is Avery in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 2, what does May remember was her mother's name?

5. In Chapter 9, where is Avery going to a ribbon-cutting ceremony with her parents?

(see the answer key)

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