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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 42).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ford throw away her mother's cigarettes when she is a young child?
(a) She sees an ad that says smoking cigarettes could kill someone.
(b) She hates the smell of them.
(c) She thinks they are too expensive.
(d) Her brother tells her to do it.

2. What is one way Ford has stayed at least a little bit connected to her father over the years?
(a) Calling him.
(b) Sending him tapes.
(c) Writing letters to him.
(d) Drawing sketches of him.

3. What does Ford tell her boyfriend about her feelings about the news her mother delivers to her in Chapter 1?
(a) She is suspicious.
(b) She does not know how she feels.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is happy.

4. Who is Ford's boyfriend in Part I?
(a) Henry.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Brett.
(d) James.

5. What does Ford's mother often do when she is a child and has misbehaved?
(a) Make her sleep outside.
(b) Beat her physically.
(c) Take her books away.
(d) Take her food away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ford often do in Chapter 1 to help calm and comfort herself?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Ford think her mother sometimes needs her to do as a child?

3. When did Ford's nightmares begin to intensify, as she recalls in Chapter 1?

4. Who tells Ford the family used to call her "Stagger Lee" when she was a child?

5. What does Ford's younger brother sometimes call her when he is a toddler?

(see the answer key)

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