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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Macon leaves Baltimore, the city is covered in ice. What is the weather like when Macon returns home ?
(a) Like the end of fall.
(b) Like the beginning of spring.
(c) Like the middle of winter.
(d) Like the start of summer.

2. What is Rose giving Julian for Christmas?
(a) A book about Churchill.
(b) A set of golf clubs.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A sweater she is knitting.

3. Who is brave enough to try Rose's turkey at Thanksgiving?
(a) Macon.
(b) Julian.
(c) Porter.
(d) Muriel.

4. Who does Macon run into while out with Alexander?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His high-school sweetheart.
(c) Muriel's ex-husband.
(d) His mother-in-law.

5. According to Macon, what does his mother treat like a religion?
(a) Rules.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Cleanliness.
(d) Change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dilemma the Leary's face about Thanksgiving?

2. How do the Leary children react to the news that they are not going to be world travelers?

3. Why does Macon stay at his childhood home after his injury?

4. Where does Macon take Alexander to while Muriel is at work?

5. According to Macon, what is unusual about Rose's life?

(see the answer key)

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