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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anita not want her family to discover?
(a) That she has a pet chicken.
(b) Her fondness for Sam.
(c) What she writes in her journal.
(d) That she often cries herself to sleep.

2. Who is the other person who comes into the classroom?
(a) Anita's mother.
(b) Carla's mother.
(c) The new boy's father.
(d) The new boy's mother.

3. When does Anita use a pencil?
(a) To draw pictures of things in her life.
(b) For her math homework.
(c) To write down Carla's address.
(d) When she writes in her journal.

4. What doesn't feel right to some of the students?
(a) The climate, which they are not used to.
(b) That there are only girls in the school.
(c) That religious symbols are being used in school.
(d) That the summer break is going to be much shorter this year.

5. Why do many people come to the compound?
(a) To bring their stories to Anita's father who is to run for public office.
(b) For protection.
(c) To spruce up the place for the party.
(d) To seek advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Anita been out of school?

2. Why do they celebrate American holidays?

3. Where are the children allowed off the compound?

4. What does Anita's mother want her to do with her diary?

5. What is one topic Anita and her mother discuss?

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