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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ballad of the Sad Cafe, pages 49 - 71.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Marvin and Lymon do together?
(a) Start a business.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Leave town.
(d) Build a house.

2. How does Cousin Lymon try to make Marvin laugh?
(a) He turns cartwheels.
(b) He wiggles his ears.
(c) He does impersonations.
(d) He tells jokes.

3. What does Amelia slaughter for a town barbecue?
(a) Cow.
(b) Pig.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Goat.

4. What beverage does Miss Amelia offer the men in her home?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Soda.
(d) Tea.

5. What is wrong with the sick child brought to see Amelia?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Boil on his thigh.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marvin do to Lymon to get him to be quiet?

2. How many years have passed since the opening of Amelia's cafe?

3. How does Amelia spend the rest of her life?

4. What is the physical manifestation of Cousin Lymon's outcast status?

5. Who is entranced by Marvin?

(see the answer key)

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