1. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Montana.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arkansas.

2. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?
(a) “Pika trapper.”
(b) “Trout slayer.”
(c) “Hawk fighter.”
(d) “Deer hunter.”

3. The narrator in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?
(a) White.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

4. The author describes "seeing oneself preserved in the amber of" what, in the novel's Foreword?
(a) “Disqualifying metaphors.”
(b) “Justice.”
(c) “Collective memory.”
(d) “Time.”

5. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?

2. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III that they go to what kind of colleges?

3. How is Jane’s father described in the story in Part I?

4. What notion does the narrator refer to in Part IV as “Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought”?

5. With whom had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?

(see the answer key)

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