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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "Seventh Street".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator blame for the end of Carma's story?
(a) Bane.
(b) Carma.
(c) Karintha.
(d) Bollo.

2. What did the townspeople secretly bring Becky?
(a) Money.
(b) Their problems.
(c) Food.
(d) Tools.

3. Becky was a _____________ woman and her children were ______________.
(a) Poor; rich.
(b) White; black.
(c) Strong; weak.
(d) Mean; nice.

4. What did Carma shoot?
(a) Bane.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A deer.
(d) Herself.

5. After her first baby was born, how did the townspeople react towards Becky?
(a) They adopted the child.
(b) They threw Becky a baby shower.
(c) They shunned Becky.
(d) They offered assistance to Becky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the speaker and Fern when they are together in the cornfield?

2. How did the townspeople know that Becky was alive?

3. When contemplating what sort of life Fern might have, how does the author compare love to prejudice?

4. How does Fern feel about the townspeople gossiping about her?

5. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?

(see the answer key)

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