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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which caged animal did Mary compare her mother while visiting the Houston zoo?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A giraffe.
(c) A flamingo.
(d) An orangutan.

2. Which of the following Karr family members refused to evacuate the home when a hurricane rolled through?
(a) Pete.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Lecia.
(d) Mary.

3. What type of plant did Grandma Moore grow on her farm in West Texas?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Barley.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Rye.

4. What type of medicine did the doctors pump into Grandma Moore's body with the hopes of slowing down the spreading of Grandma's cancer?
(a) Mustard gas.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Liquid Nitrogen.

5. During what major event in American history was Charlie Moore born?
(a) The emancipation.
(b) The Second World War.
(c) The dust bowl.
(d) Prohibition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the town where Charlie and Pete first met?

2. Why did Charlie bring Mary to the hospital the day after Grandma Moore's surgery?

3. What common animal did Pete catch around the house and use to make gumbo for his family?

4. In whose arms did Mary's older sister pretend to sleep while the doctor was checking her out at the opening of the memoir?

5. What meal did Grandma Moore insist on eating rather than eating Pete's roadside gumbo?

(see the answer key)

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