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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what team did Rita Powell play when she attended the Dave Cowens Basketball School?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Brown.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Central Mass.

2. What is Rita Powell's mother's name?
(a) Mary Walters.
(b) Carol Gilligan.
(c) Brenda Sepanek.
(d) Anne Teschner.

3. What is the name of the team at the Amateur Athletic Union that Jen and Jamila played with?
(a) The Central Mass Cougars.
(b) The Massachusetts Buffalo.
(c) The Cathedral Bullets.
(d) The Northampton Blue Devils.

4. What does the author claim were the "drugs of choice in Amherst" in the 1980s in Chapter 3 (72)?
(a) Heroin and cocaine.
(b) Granola bars and kale salads.
(c) Cocaine and marijuana.
(d) Real estate and faith in the future.

5. What had Lucia Maraniss loved to do all her life, according to the author in Chapter 3?
(a) Draw.
(b) Play piano.
(c) Ballet dance.
(d) Play guitar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did Kristin Marvin drive?

2. What is the title of Chapter 1?

3. When was Jamila Wideman born?

4. How old was the author when her father died?

5. Where did Gumby's father work as a professor of chemistry?

(see the answer key)

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