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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Muriel tell Macon about her hair?
(a) It was blonde when she was younger and her mother entered her into talent competitions until it got dark.
(b) She shaved it off when she was sixteen to make her mother mad.
(c) Her hair is naturally red but she thinks red hair is trashy and has it dyed.
(d) It used to be straight and her mother cut it for her.

2. Where does Muriel tell Macon she's never been?
(a) To vet school.
(b) To college.
(c) To high school.
(d) To graduate school.

3. What does Grandfather Leary tell Macon in his dream?
(a) That Macon has lost his center and Sarah is that center.
(b) That Macon is his favorite grandson.
(c) That Macon is on the right path to salvation.
(d) That Macon should remarry and move to Lassaque.

4. What does Macon do when he wakes up from his dream about Grandfather Leary?
(a) Lays in bed for a while before getting up to make coffee.
(b) Gets up and takes Edward out.
(c) Stays in bed for the rest of the day.
(d) Calls Sarah and asks her to come back.

5. On his first trip in the novel, what does Macon do once he has arrived at his destination?
(a) Macon has an expensive lunch, and visits an old friend.
(b) Macon checks in at his hotel and goes sightseeing.
(c) Macon rents a car and drives to the coast.
(d) Macon tries breakfast at three different stops, visits hotels in the afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarah want to pick up at the house?

2. According to Garner, what is the perception people have of Macon?

3. Who raises Macon and his siblings after their father dies in the war?

4. What is Muriel's dog training specialty?

5. What are some of Grandfather Leary's inventions?

(see the answer key)

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