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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "Gift".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Charlie's home in Chapter 4, "The Hit-Thumb Theory"?
(a) Amgast.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Carlisle.

2. What does the narrator say you never get used to "no matter what anyone says about it" in Chapter 4, "The Hit-Thumb Theory" (114)?
(a) Death.
(b) Pain.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

3. What does Patty associate with her father?
(a) The stars.
(b) The highway.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

4. What play did Annie Appleby perform in eight years ago, according to Mrs. Small in Chapter 7, "Dottie's Bed and Breakfast"?
(a) Waiting for Godot.
(b) A Christmas Carol.
(c) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(d) Endgame.

5. Where is Paolo visiting his kids in Chapter 5, "Mississippi Mary"?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did not sleep for a month after Mary and her husband took the children to see Old Yeller?

2. For how long does Angelina say she has been friends with Patty in Chapter 5, "Mississippi Mary"?

3. Where did Angelina's mother go to be with a younger man when she was 74?

4. Where did Abel grow up?

5. What is the upcoming event that Marilyn Macauley is trying on a dress for in the shop in Chapter 1, "The Sign"?

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