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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Laura?
(a) 25.
(b) 22.
(c) 21.
(d) 27.

2. Who is reading the story in the Prologue?
(a) Lucille.
(b) Irene.
(c) Anna.
(d) Brenda.

3. How long after Theo and Carla married did he publish a tragicomedy set in a Sicilian town?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

4. What type of classes does Laura remember that her mother began to take one fall?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Watercolor.
(c) Drama.
(d) Art.

5. On page 80, how does the girl get away?
(a) Climbs down a tree.
(b) Breaks a window.
(c) Crawls through a tunnel.
(d) Jumps from a balcony.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, where was Daniel going to go to boarding school?

2. How did Laura hurt her leg?

3. How old was Ben when he died?

4. How soon after Laura gets home from grocery shopping do the police bang on her front door?

5. When does Nicholas, the owner of Books on a Boat, see a therapist?

(see the answer key)

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