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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The Garden, Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did James work to help pay for Kathleen's boarding school fees?
(a) He worked as a dishwasher.
(b) He worked as a bookie.
(c) He worked in a coal mine.
(d) He worked as a bus driver.

2. What is significant about Daddy's hair in the photograph the narrator describes in the prologue?
(a) It is bleached blonde.
(b) It is shaved.
(c) It is braided.
(d) It has grown in patchy in parts and bald in others.

3. Which of the following items is NOT described in detail in the opening passages of the prologue?
(a) The thin trees.
(b) The bright moon.
(c) The cutaway cliffs.
(d) The barren schoolyard.

4. What did Materia's mother read to tell James's fortune?
(a) His palms.
(b) Her Terro cards.
(c) A glass ball.
(d) His tea leaves.

5. After Kathleen was born, where did Materia find work as a piano player?
(a) At the Baptist church.
(b) At the Empire Theatre.
(c) At the elementary school.
(d) At a nearby French restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James react when Kathleen sneaks up behind him and strikes the keys while he is tuning the piano?

2. What is the first sentence of the novel, "Fall on Your Knees"?

3. What is the name of the city where the Piper family lives?

4. Which of the following did Mumma die from?

5. What thing could Kathleen do before she could talk?

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