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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children of Silence, Chapters 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the rumors circulating about Loretta at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She associates herself with the wrong kind of boys.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is an alcoholic.
(d) Her father has been arrested.

2. What does Jules focus on after his father's death?
(a) Getting good grades, to be able to attend college.
(b) Trying to set his mother up with a good man.
(c) Becoming the man of the family.
(d) Making money to escape his life of poverty.

3. Who takes Mrs. Wendall to all of her appointments at the clinic?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Loretta.
(c) Jules.
(d) Howard.

4. What happens to Maureen's notebook?
(a) It is stolen.
(b) She loses it.
(c) Her mother throws it away.
(d) Her little sister destroys it.

5. Where does Maureen hide the money she makes?
(a) In her desk drawer.
(b) Under her mattress.
(c) In her jewelry box.
(d) In books in her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the barn fire start?

2. Who cooks and waits up for Pat every night?

3. Why is the person Loretta goes to unable to help her?

4. How old is Loretta at the beginning of the novel?

5. How does Maureen decide to make money?

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