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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Anna's husband Ed call her?
(a) Babe.
(b) Marshmallow.
(c) Trooper.
(d) Slugger.

2. Though she has not been outside to see the front of her house in a long time, how does Anna know what it looks like?
(a) She uses Google Earth.
(b) She asks Bina to describe it sometimes when she comes over.
(c) She has security cameras.
(d) She hangs her camera out the window using a pole.

3. What language had Anna begun to study in July?
(a) Latin.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Spanish.

4. In what area of New York City does Anna live?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Queens.
(d) Staten Island.

5. What is the literal translation of the term agoraphobia?
(a) Fear of open spaces.
(b) Fear of the marketplace.
(c) Fear of death.
(d) Fear of nothingness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does the Takeda boy play?

2. In what part of the house does Anna say she has spent much of the year?

3. What feature of her garden does Anna say she longs to hug every so often?

4. To whom is Anna speaking the first time the author inserts dialogue into the narrative?

5. What memento does Ethan's mother carry with her always to remind her of her son?

(see the answer key)

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