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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 37 - 71).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one magazine that Bug's uncle used to subscribe to?
(a) The Atlantic.
(b) Time.
(c) The National Review.
(d) The New Yorker.

2. What did Uncle Roderick always understand about Bug, as she describes it in Chapter Five?
(a) She really did not like school.
(b) She never liked traditionally feminine things.
(c) She wanted more friends.
(d) She loved to cook.

3. What did Roderick want to happen to his body after death?
(a) His ashes to be spread around places he loved.
(b) To be buried in a coffin.
(c) To donate his body for scientific research.
(d) To be buried at sea.

4. In Chapter Seven, what begins to make Bug really nervous after talking with her mother?
(a) Her mother's illness is getting worse.
(b) Her mother's business is faltering more than her mother has been letting on.
(c) The house really needs a lot of repairs.
(d) The school has called and said Bug needs to repeat the previous year.

5. In Chapter Six, what personal information about Bug does Moira almost reveal to the other girls?
(a) Bug's favorite food.
(b) Bug's job.
(c) Bug's real name.
(d) Bug's illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bug make her way through the conversation in Chapter Six with all the other girls?

2. Who used to comfort Bug's mother if and when she cried?

3. What did Bug always used to do with her uncle at night?

4. In Chapter Seven, what nightmare does Bug have?

5. When did Bug's mother start her own business?

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