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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of school does the Mother tell her children she is enrolling in?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Law.
(c) Medical.
(d) Secretarial.

2. What does the grandmother do to the person who bites her in Chapter 5?
(a) Yells at him.
(b) Kicks him.
(c) Kicks her.
(d) Yells at her.

3. How old was the Mother when she first met her future husband, Christopher?
(a) 20.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

4. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) "Minutes Like Hours".
(b) "Momma's Story".
(c) "Holidays".
(d) "To Make a Garden Grow".

5. Who expresses doubts about their mother's honesty to them in Chapter 6?
(a) Cory.
(b) Carrie.
(c) Chris.
(d) Cathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following things does Chris not witness the Mother and her date doing when he sees them in Chapter 11?

2. How is the grandfather described when Chris and Cathy see him at the Christmas party?

3. How does the grandmother pick up Carrie in Chapter 5?

4. How old are the twins when their father dies?

5. How does Cathy react when her mother tells her she is having a baby?

(see the answer key)

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