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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who looks down upon Carl?
(a) His father-in-law.
(b) Himself.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

2. What does Amanda fake in order to allow Ruth to stay home from school an extra year?
(a) A stomach virus.
(b) An epileptic fit.
(c) A diabetic coma.
(d) The flu.

3. Whom is Ruth speaking with as the novel opens?
(a) Imogene.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Carl.
(d) Joe.

4. Who does not object when Amanda returns to her work at the hospital, accepting the worst assignments?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Amanda's mother.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Amanda's father.

5. Whom does Hilda begin to take care of?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Imogene.
(c) Mathilda.
(d) Carl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Amanda want to buy out of their half of the farm?

2. What does Carl compare the lake to when talking with Ruth?

3. Where does Amanda want to run away to in Part 1, Chapter 7?

4. Where does Clement leave Theresa in in Part, 1, Chapter 5?

5. Who is Hilda Grossman's cousin?

(see the answer key)

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