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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Citizenship in the Home (pgs 117-125).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the contrast between the piano's black keys and the rest of Dwight's house symbolize?
(a) The house is dirty.
(b) The family's "new beginning" is tainted.
(c) Life is never perfect.
(d) There are only slight imperfections in Dwight and Rosemary's relationship.

2. What does Toby's mother do when she feels guilty about how he is treated?
(a) Promises she will try to change.
(b) Tells him how much she loves him.
(c) Tries to buy his affection.
(d) Justifies his treatment by saying, "That's the way life is."

3. What does Toby's mother make him promise before he can have Roy's rifle?
(a) That he will never touch it when he is alone.
(b) That he will give it to his son someday.
(c) That he will never shoot anything with it.
(d) That he will never load it.

4. What do Pearl and Toby do when Rosemary takes their picture?
(a) Hold hands, but make their hands go limp.
(b) Put their arms around each other.
(c) Refuse to smile.
(d) Make faces.

5. Which of the following did Rosemary's father NOT do?
(a) Force Rosemary to smoke so she would stay thin.
(b) Torture his wife.
(c) Behave like a loving parent.
(d) Drive away boys Rosemary liked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event prompts Toby to rethink forgiving his father for abandoning him?

2. Why does Toby's mother agree to let Gil buy Toby a bike?

3. What does Toby say while in the bathroom that he did over Thanksgiving?

4. Why does Toby want Roy's Winchester .22 rifle?

5. What does Toby tell his mother happened to the squirrel he shot?

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