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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Thatcher go to Mrs. Treat's home for the first time in Chapter 4?
(a) To fetch his dogs.
(b) To offer his legal advice.
(c) To take her a pie.
(d) To pay a debt.

2. With what plant is Mrs. Treat conducting an experiment when Thatcher visits her in Chapter 4?
(a) An orchid.
(b) A redwood fern.
(c) A pitcher plant.
(d) A Venus flytrap.

3. What kind of tree does Thatcher associate with Polly?
(a) An oak.
(b) A willow.
(c) A beech.
(d) A hollyhock.

4. When did the Vineland Women's Caucus organize the presidential vote for women in the community to protest the notion that women would not be interested in voting, according to Mr. Hawk in Chapter 7?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1901.

5. Who is the caretaker who comes to tend to Nick three times a week?
(a) Jane.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Ella.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Captain Landis's wife widely described as being, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

2. Where is Johann Miescher from?

3. What does Uri Carruth put in his and Thatcher's coffee when they meet at the coffeeshop in Chapter 10?

4. What is Nick's last name?

5. What is ammonia otherwise called, according to Thatcher in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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