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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confuses Bean when he observes what Achilles does when Achilles meets with Poke?
(a) Seeing Achilles slap Poke.
(b) Seeing Achilles kiss Poke.
(c) Seeing Poke and Achilles split some money up into smaller bundles.
(d) Seeing Poke salute Achilles.

2. What prompts Sister Carlotta to look into Bean's origins?
(a) Seeing a special tattoo on his shoulder.
(b) Learning that he can read.
(c) Reading some papers Bean gives Sister Carlotta.
(d) Hearing Bean's odd accent.

3. Who is Helga Braun?
(a) A new cook.
(b) The owner of the charity kitchen.
(c) Bean's aunt.
(d) Achilles' grandmother.

4. What do some of the older kids do at the soup kitchen?
(a) Not let the younger ones into the lines.
(b) Volunteer to serve the food.
(c) Give part of their food to the younger kids.
(d) Wait to eat until the younger kids have eaten..

5. Where does Bean see Poke's corpse?
(a) A dumpster.
(b) Behind the soup kitchen's back door.
(c) In the crew's sleeping area.
(d) The river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Sister Carlotta think Bean really is?

2. How does Achilles help the younger children of Poke's crew?

3. Who becomes known as the Papa of the crew?

4. What is said about Achilles' leg?

5. How old does the kid appear to be that Poke sees on top of a garbage can?

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