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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The Garden, Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Materia cope with the death of her baby?
(a) She drinks a bottle of whiskey.
(b) She scrubs the house.
(c) She locks herself in the bedroom and prays.
(d) She begins smoking and swearing.

2. Which North American city is Materia desperate to move to after her marriage?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Seattle.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What religion does Materia follow?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Materia is not religious.
(c) Presbyterianism.
(d) Buddhism.

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

5. What is the name of the school Kathleen was enrolled in as a child?
(a) Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrows.
(b) Saint Mary's.
(c) Sydney's School for Catholic Girls.
(d) Holy Angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Materia react when she learns James will soon be returning home from the war?

2. What was the name of Materia's younger sister?

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

4. After Kathleen was born, where did Materia find work as a piano player?

5. What is significant about Daddy's hair in the photograph the narrator describes in the prologue?

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