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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What paperbook is Leni holding when she awakens in the backseat of the car in Chapter 3?
(a) The Short Stories of Poe.
(b) The Fellowship of the Ring.
(c) The Call of the Wild.
(d) Pippi Longstockings.

2. What does Leni's mother slip her money for Leni to buy when they camp on the Spit in Chapter 3?
(a) School supplies.
(b) Candy.
(c) Film.
(d) Lemonade.

3. What is Leni's last name?
(a) Allbright.
(b) Golliher.
(c) Walker.
(d) Watkins.

4. What book does Matthew say his mother has been reading since Christmas in Chapter 5?
(a) Another Roadside Attraction.
(b) The Call of the Wild.
(c) The Fellowship of the Ring.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

5. Where did a massacre occur during the Olympics during the time period in which Chapter 1 is set?
(a) Paris.
(b) Munich.
(c) Helsinki.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Leni live with her mother at a commune when Leni's father was in the service?

2. To whom is the following quote from the novel's opening credited? "Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves" (6).

3. The narrator notes in Chapter 1 that one thing everyone is angry about these day is gas prices. What is the cost of gas described as?

4. What name is on the mailbox at the home in the affluent neighborhood where Leni's mother drives her in Chapter 2?

5. What does Matthew say he wants to be when he grows up in Chapter 7?

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