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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Do I understand you've been conniving with that--woman? After she made a mockery of our name?"
(a) Collin.
(b) Dolly.
(c) The Judge.
(d) Verena.

2. How old is Riley when he comes to live in the town?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seven.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Five.

3. Which character says, "At home, in the kitchen, there is a geranium that blooms over and over. Some plants, though, they bloom just once, if at all, and nothing more happens to them. They live, but they've had their life"?
(a) Verena.
(b) Collin.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Catherine.

4. What does Little Homer wear?
(a) A bib.
(b) A cowboy hat.
(c) Overalls.
(d) A sombrero.

5. Who stands his ground in refusing to leave Dolly alone with Verena in Chapter 6?
(a) Collin.
(b) Riley.
(c) Catherine.
(d) The Judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator catch the fish?

2. Who tells the Judge in Chapter 2, "If you weren't so old, I'd damn well knock you down"?

3. Where does Dolly take Verena in Chapter 6?

4. What does Riley pass around to the others in the tree house in Chapter 2?

5. What is the prize in the competition Maude is in the finals for?

(see the answer key)

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