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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Professor retreats to his study after learning about Melody, what does he leave in the kitchen?
(a) His coffee
(b) His briefcase
(c) His hat
(d) A shoe

2. What does Gambo say of Jeff as she is looking at him and telling others to look as well?
(a) He is too much like his father
(b) He is short
(c) He looks like Melody
(d) He is handsome

3. ___________ wants to pour her life experiences into Jeff so he can carry them into his life.
(a) Aunt Georgina
(b) Gambo
(c) Aunt Booty
(d) Melody

4. What does Jeff catch that the Professor does not notice to be a bad thing until something is seriously wrong?
(a) Chicken pox
(b) Measles
(c) Flu
(d) Food poisoning

5. Melody becomes upset with Jeff at first because everyone else has already _____________.
(a) Let their food get cold
(b) Gone to work
(c) Eaten
(d) Left

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeff becomes talented at reading the Professor's ____________ and figuring out what he might want.

2. When Jeff and his mother stop at a house where two women are sitting, what are the women doing?

3. Melody makes sure to say that she would never work for or be supported by ___________.

4. Which animal impresses Jeff with its solitude as he looks out the window of the bus?

5. Melody tells Jeff that _________________ have killed the crabs and the herons who used to live in the marshes.

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