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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caroline say about menstruation?
(a) That it means a woman is old enough to breed.
(b) That she does not want it to happen to her.
(c) That it is perfectly natural and all female mammals do it.
(d) That it is disgusting and she does not want to think about it.

2. What books does Caroline have in their cave home?
(a) Works by Thoreau, Emerson, and Rousseau.
(b) Encyclopedias.
(c) Religious texts.
(d) Mysteries.

3. What job does Caroline have when Father is sleeping?
(a) To keep watch from the lookout.
(b) To keep their fire going.
(c) To get everything ready for breakfast.
(d) To wake him if he starts to snore.

4. Why does Jean Bauer tell Caroline that she will not need her encyclopedias anymore?
(a) Jean will take her to the library.
(b) Caroline will be going to school in the fall.
(c) Jean has bought her a new set.
(d) Caroline needs more advanced reading than that.

5. What does Caroline think about the academic test that she takes in the police training room?
(a) It is fun.
(b) It is difficult.
(c) It is embarrassing.
(d) It is stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Father and Caroline end up building with the wire Caroline brings home?

2. What does Caroline say that Valerie tells her is a "fake thing to say" (62)?

3. Besides Randy, what does Caroline carry everywhere?

4. In what year does the story begin?

5. In the beginning of Part Two, when Caroline is getting ready to leave her house, what is the first thing that she puts in her backpack?

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