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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Mrs. John to leave her parents' home?
(a) An urge to travel.
(b) A desire to become a nurse.
(c) An argument with her mother.
(d) An argument with her father.

2. Why does the dunce girl miss school for a short while?
(a) She is playing hooky.
(b) Her mother dies suddenly.
(c) She becomes very ill.
(d) She goes to another school.

3. Who reared Mr. John?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) An aunt.
(c) He was an orphan.
(d) His parents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Annie and her mother take the "special" baths?

2. Who builds Nalda's coffin?

3. In Chapter 1, who tucks Annie in on the night she is punished for lying?

4. How do the women who are mean to Annie and her mother act when they see Mr. John?

5. What upsets Annie when she and her mother visit the fabric store in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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