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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Luke's parents tell him that the Government forced them to sell?
(a) Their car.
(b) The woods next to their house.
(c) Their house.
(d) Their cabin by the lake.

2. How do the people moving next to Luke's family's home dress?
(a) Elegantly.
(b) Trashy.
(c) Preppy.
(d) Dirty.

3. What does Luke's father get angry with him for asking about in Chapter 1?
(a) For asking if he'll be able to look out the windows when people move into the new houses.
(b) For asking for seconds at dinner.
(c) For asking about why he must sleep in the attic.
(d) For asking when he'll be able to go outside again.

4. While sitting on the attic step, after how many weeks does Luke finally give up trying to keep up with his family's conversation at meal times?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

5. How much more money is the tax bill from previous years?
(a) Five times the usual amount.
(b) Three times the usual amount.
(c) Four times the usual amount.
(d) Two times the usual amount.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the Garner family is eating dinner in Chapter 1, they hear tires on the gravel driveway. Where does Luke scramble off to?

2. What new house does Luke spy a child looking out the window of after his dad banishes him from the kitchen?

3. What does Dad say is the reason for the tax increase on their property?

4. What time does Luke's Mom have to be at the factory every day?

5. After Matthew asks how the family can possibly pay the property taxes, what does Mother announce she has just received?

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