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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall was the wave of water Pete saw flooding in from the hurricane?
(a) Ten feet tall.
(b) Fifteen feet tall.
(c) Five feet tall.
(d) Twenty feet tall.

2. What was Pete doing at the time his wife and children finally returned home from West Texas?
(a) Ironing his shirts.
(b) Cooking his breakfast.
(c) Shaving his beard.
(d) Chopping wood.

3. Where did Mary's father work when she was a child?
(a) At the elementary school.
(b) At the local newspaper.
(c) At the oil refinery.
(d) At the limestone quarry.

4. What name did Grandma Moore call Lecia in her drug-induced slumber at the hospital?
(a) Belinda.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Jillian.

5. What song did Charlie sing under her breath while driving erratically through the rain-whipped streets during the hurricane?
(a) "Mack the Knife".
(b) "The Policeman and the BIshop".
(c) "Pirate Jenny".
(d) "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse".

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mary at the opening of the memoir?

2. What distinct article of clothing was Charlie wearing in her death photograph?

3. What did Charlie spend her day doing while at the beach with her family soon after Grandma Moore's funeral?

4. What was the name of Charlie's cousin, who Grandma Moore thought had made all the right decisions in her life?

5. What color was the paint that Mary smeared over her face and mouth while her mother was out of the painting studio?

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