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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Does it stink like _________________?"
(a) a locker room
(b) a garbage pail
(c) rotten meat
(d) old shoes

2. What does the attorney advise Mattie regarding Basil's bail?
(a) Negotiate the amount
(b) Make Basil pay it
(c) Pay it immediately
(d) Don't pay it

3. What is Maggie's nickname for Etta?
(a) Edible
(b) Tut
(c) Jetta
(d) Oughta

4. Mattie's father's love for her was _____________.
(a) painful
(b) legendary
(c) sporadic
(d) unfulfilling

5. What does Ben call his "morning sun"?
(a) His girlfriend
(b) Cheap red wine
(c) His daughter
(d) His prayers

Short Answer Questions

1. "Or crust over like ____________________?"

2. Where is Basil when he calls Mattie in the middle of the night as Chapter 2, Part 5 begins?

3. What is the nationality of people now moving into the neighborhood?

4. What does the Opening Poem tell the reader the book will be about?

5. How is the information about the characters to be presented?

(see the answer key)

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