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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, and Rich Chicago Girl.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grandma, acting quite polite, does what?
(a) Talks to Mildred out on the porch.
(b) Gives Mildred the dollar.
(c) Invites the girls inside.
(d) Tells Mildred to go home.

2. Mary Alice has to share a desk with whom?
(a) Augie.
(b) Ina Rae.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Carleen.

3. The teacher is reading ____________ when Mary Alice enters the class.
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Louisa May Alcott.

4. Mildred intends to do what by following Mary Alice?
(a) Ask her to be her friend.
(b) Collect the dollar from Grandma.
(c) Learn more about Mary Alice.
(d) Waste time.

5. She has them take off their shoes, and then she gives the girls buttermilk and __________.
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Corn bread.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator, Mary Alice, gets off the train, and, beyond a few clothes, her only possessions are her cat ____________ and her radio.

2. While Mildred is eating, Grandma walks outside on the pretense that she is doing what?

3. In a dank basement, they discover ______________, who is doubling as a janitor.

4. Her desk mate dubs Mary Alice the "rich Chicago girl." Why?

5. Why is it important that the school is many miles from Mildred's house?

(see the answer key)

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