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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who begins to scream when the grandmother gives a mean speech to the children in Chapter 5?
(a) Cory.
(b) Carrie.
(c) Cathy.
(d) The mother.

2. What day does the Mother come in dressed in sailing clothes to visit the children?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

3. Who builds the twins a swing to play on in the attic?
(a) Chris.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Cory.
(d) The Mother.

4. What does the Dollanganger children's mother do over and over again after the death of her husband?
(a) Bakes cookies.
(b) Reads a book.
(c) Rewrites a letter.
(d) Makes phone calls.

5. How old is Cathy in Chapter 1?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grandmother ask the children to have memorized in Chapter 7?

2. What does the children's mother tell them they have none of in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of the children's mother's childhood home?

4. How does the children's mother describe their father the first time she saw him?

5. What does the author tell us about the story in the Prologue?

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