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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hallie's letters tell of illness and death in Nicaragua caused by what?
(a) Plague.
(b) Pollution.
(c) War.
(d) Famine.

2. What birth circumstance is considered bad luck in the Pueblo?
(a) A Caesarean section.
(b) An only child.
(c) Twins.
(d) A breach birth.

3. What does Codi think has ruined the crops in the area?
(a) The drought.
(b) A wildfire.
(c) The salty irrigation water.
(d) Boll weevils.

4. What does Codi realize as a result of the way Loyd's family treats her?
(a) Nothing; they treat her the way her own family would.
(b) She will always be a loner; no one will ever truly accept her.
(c) She occasionally does seem snobbish, without meaning to.
(d) She has never felt such a sense of belonging.

5. Why has the Black Mountain mine been poisoning the river with sulfuric acid?
(a) To leach the last bit of gold from the mine.
(b) To reroute the river.
(c) To kill off the orchards and drive out the farmers.
(d) To rid the town of an aquatic pest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the women of the Stitch and Bitch Club?

2. Homer Noline decides to forbid an activity for Codi and Hallie because there are "too many" what?

3. How does Codi's father greet her when they are reunited after their two-year separation?

4. What does Homer do to combat his advancing Alzheimer's?

5. Codi lost a baby when she was how old?

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