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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An accurate description of Lulu's boys would be:
(a) Loyal, quiet, and studious.
(b) Bloodthirsty, handsome, and as alike as brothers could be.
(c) Bloodthirsty, rangy, and very different.
(d) Loyal, handsome, and very different.

2. Marie finally confronts Rushes Bear because:
(a) Rushes Bear has pinched the children and pulled their hair.
(b) She wants Nector to return home, and Rushes Bear will not let him.
(c) Rushes Bear continues accusing Marie of ruining her son.
(d) She can no longer take the additional load caring for the abusive woman.

3. Lulu's fainting at Henry's funeral suggests:
(a) She was alarmed at the sight of Beverly.
(b) She loved him and was overcome by grief.
(c) She was already pregnant with Henry Jr.
(d) She was afraid the neighbors would talk about her affair with Beverly.

4. What event forces the final confrontation between Leopolda and Marie?
(a) Leopolda tries to push Marie into the oven.
(b) Marie stabs Leopolda with the poker.
(c) Leopolda scalds Marie's back with the tea kettle.
(d) Marie tries to push Leopolda into the oven.

5. Marie compares herself to:
(a) A pebble in a still, quiet place.
(b) A pebble at the bottom of a lake ground down by the waves.
(c) The black stones of June's abandoned rosary.
(d) A pebble at the shore of a lake gently caressed by the waves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Albertine reminds Henry of:

2. Why does Marie love to go to Mass as a child?

3. The mood of the city is:

4. The neighborhood gossips come around asking about what?

5. Henry continues to tell himself to "advise restraint" throughout the evening in order to:

(see the answer key)

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