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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alex have painful memories of the hospital?
(a) He spent a year in a rehab facility after an accident.
(b) He was a frequent patient as a child.
(c) His mother spent a year slowly dying in a hospital.
(d) He lost his sister to childhood cancer.

2. What did the Sioux do to a woman who committed adultery?
(a) Took away her children.
(b) Killed her.
(c) Cut off her nose.
(d) Sent her into exile with her mother-in-law.

3. Why does Cassie feel jealous watching Alex on the movie set in Chapter Twelve?
(a) He flirts with a stage hand.
(b) He is performing a sex scene.
(c) He says the same thing to another woman he said to her.
(d) He gently kisses an actress on the forehead.

4. What did Alex do with the object he and his father built together when it is finally completed?
(a) Paints it.
(b) Smashes it.
(c) Gives it to his cousin.
(d) Burns it.

5. Where does Alex tell Cassie his parents live?
(a) Virginia Beach.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Rochester, New York.
(d) Washington, DC,

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment did Alex suffer from as a child?

2. Why does Alex come to Cassie's classroom in Chapter Sixteen?

3. What important discovery does Jane recall that sends her to the library for information?

4. In the Algonquin legend that opens the novel, why is the woman rewarded while others are punished?

5. What is the name of Alex's secretary?

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