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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new way is Father trying to disguise himself at the beginning of Part Five?
(a) He is wearing black eyeglass frames.
(b) He has shaved off his beard.
(c) He has bartered for a black backpack.
(d) He has dyed his hair.

2. What fact does the reader learn about Caroline toward the end of Part Six?
(a) She is actually closer to seventeen than thirteen.
(b) Her name is not actually "Caroline."
(c) She is originally from California.
(d) She has a younger sister and brother.

3. What irony does Caroline note about walking around with Father in the city?
(a) Now that they are actually being watched all the time, Father's worries about helicopters are somehow looking for him.
(b) It is time for the school year to start, but she is getting a better education just walking around the city.
(c) She has always hated the city, and now she lives in it full-time.
(d) They take a lot of precautions to not be noticed, but Father's behavior makes him conspicuous anyway.

4. What is unusual about Father's and Caroline's watches?
(a) They are valuable antiques.
(b) They are synchronized but do not tell the correct time.
(c) Only Father's actually works.
(d) They are set to East Coast time, instead of West Coast.

5. What can the reader infer from the way that Susan calls for Paul when he and Caroline are outside?
(a) Susan is frightened of him.
(b) Paul is probably not his real name.
(c) Paul has a habit of wandering away.
(d) Susan is probably mentally ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the structure where Father and Caroline meet Susan?

2. Why does Caroline go to Pioneer Cemetery in Part Seven?

3. Who is the second stranger that comes to the new house with the social services people?

4. When Caroline asks Valerie if she has seen Father, what does Valerie tell her?

5. When Father and Caroline get off the bus, what reason does he give for it being colder than it was in Portland?

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