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Prologue: "December 2002," Spring: Chapters 1-3, and Summer: Chapters 4-8

1. What object is described in the prologue as "like a slice of wedding cake" (ix)?
(a) A lamb.
(b) A dress.
(c) A headwrap.
(d) A coffin.

2. What items do the pallbearers request be brought to them?
(a) Hammers.
(b) Wrenches.
(c) Lead pipes.
(d) Shovels.

3. What kind of handles are said to be the most valuable at the market?
(a) The largest.
(b) The heaviest.
(c) The shiniest.
(d) The lightest.

4. What action does Belinda take in relation to seeing the coffin?
(a) She forces herself to look at it.
(b) She can only look at it for brief moments at a time.
(c) She cannot look away from it.
(d) She cannot look at it.

5. Which act by the pallbearers inspires the mourners to respond with cheers?
(a) They engage in a wrestling contest.
(b) They lift the coffin.
(c) They show off their muscles.
(d) They place the coffin in the ground.

6. In what month of 2002 does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) November.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) June.

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