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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animal did Mary associate with the smell in Grandma Moore's bedroom while she was staying with the Karr family?
(a) Mice.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Birds.
(d) Snakes.

2. What type of music signaled Charlie's worst type of mood to the girls?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Opera.
(c) Blues.
(d) Country.

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

4. At the Liars' Club meetings, how did Pete say his father died, which was a lie?
(a) Asphyxiation.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Poison.
(d) Hanging.

5. On what was Mary lying at the opening of the memoir?
(a) A naked mattress.
(b) A goose-down pillow.
(c) Bloody linoleum flooring.
(d) A pile of dirty sheets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following Karr family members refused to evacuate the home when a hurricane rolled through?

2. What physical reaction did Mary have when her grandmother was around that was her first feeling of "nervousness"?

3. What beverage did Grandma Moore drink to dull her cancerous pain?

4. What did Pete tell the girls was the most dangerous part of a man-of-war jellyfish?

5. What is the name of Mary's older sister?

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