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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Annie's family living when the daughter of her mother's friend dies?
(a) In Dominica.
(b) On Fort Road.
(c) On Dickson Street.
(d) On Dickenson Bay Street.

2. Why does Mr. Kenneth's gift to Annie please Mrs. John?
(a) Because it is good for Annie's red blood corpuscles.
(b) Because it is free.
(c) Because she has a crush on Mr. Kenneth.
(d) Because it is good for Annie's teeth.

3. What is Annie's punishment for lying to her mother in Chapter 1?
(a) She has to go straight to bed after eating dinner.
(b) She has to do the dishes all by herself.
(c) She had to listen to her mother rant and rave for about an hour.
(d) She has to eat outside alone and her mother does not kiss her goodnight.

4. Which story always makes Annie and her father cry?
(a) The story of the death of Mr. John's grandmother.
(b) The story of how Mr. and Mrs. John met.
(c) The story of Mrs. John fighting with her father.
(d) The story of how Mr. John was orphaned at birth.

5. What does Annie wonder while walking home from the dead girl's funeral in Chapter 1?
(a) If the dead girl could hear the people at the funeral.
(b) If the dead girl knows Annie was there.
(c) If the girl was really, truly dead.
(d) If the dead girl will come for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Annie obsessed with in Chapter 1?

2. Who are the two girls Annie befriends at her new school in Chapter 2?

3. What do Annie and her mother add to their "special" baths?

4. How old was Mrs. John when she left her parents' home?

5. Who builds Nalda's coffin?

(see the answer key)

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