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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 In a Stranger's Backyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is scattered all over the house?
(a) Dust balls.
(b) Grass clippings.
(c) Broken glass.
(d) Newspapers.

2. Who is the only one of his friends who writes to the boy?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Ted.
(d) Elizabeth.

3. How often does the girl's father write letters to the family?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Daily.
(d) Bi-weekly.

4. The boy and girl are both determined to ___________________________.
(a) make their father happy.
(b) never be mistaken for the enemy again.
(c) excel in school.
(d) get jobs.

5. The girl remembers a vacation to the location in #47 where she had _____________ for dinner every night.
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Lobster.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Steak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mother look for a job?

2. What does the boy sometimes wonder about why his father was sent away and the rest of the family sent to the desert?

3. What does someone throw through a window of the house one night?

4. The boy has a picture of whom fastened to the wall?

5. Who was the boy's next door friend back home?

(see the answer key)

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