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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is waiting for Jeff when he arrives at Gambo's house after Melody and her boyfriend drop him off?
(a) Gambo
(b) Aunt Georgina
(c) Aunt Booty
(d) Miss Opal

2. What does Jeff ask the Professor when his letters to his mother and Gambo go unanswered?
(a) If the address is right
(b) If letters get lost
(c) If his mother loves him
(d) If the Professor mailed the letters

3. Who is NOT one of the groups of needy that Melody says she wants to help when she is away from the Professor and Jeff?
(a) Orphans
(b) HIV victims
(c) Hungry children
(d) Animals

4. Which airport does Jeff arrive at in order to meet with his mother when she picks him up for a visit?
(a) Baltimore
(b) Charleston
(c) Boston
(d) Newark

5. Professor notes that Tolstoy once said that every unhappy family is ____________ in its own way.
(a) Unhappy
(b) Happy
(c) Quiet
(d) Determined

Short Answer Questions

1. Melody takes Jeff into the city to show him how green and polluted the ______________ is.

2. Melody's boyfriend refuses to bring Jeff to a party he is working that night. What is the profession of the boyfriend?

3. Who writes Jeff a note saying that they would be happy to see him come back for the summer?

4. Who raised Melody when she was growing up, as Jeff finds out during a lunch they share?

5. Jeff runs out of the room after receiving his gift, thinking that ___________ would be a terrible way to show how much he loved the gift.

(see the answer key)

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