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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prelude, what is the date?
(a) August 17, 1939.
(b) August 24, 1939.
(c) August 3, 1939.
(d) August 11, 1939.

2. In Chapter 6, how old does Rill think the boy with Zede was?
(a) About 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) Maybe 15.

3. In Chapter 4, what was Queenie wearing when Briny got her ready to go to the hospital?
(a) Pink flowered dress.
(b) Pink and yellow striped dress.
(c) Blue and green striped dress.
(d) Blue flowered dress.

4. In Chapter 1, what color is Avery's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

5. Where was Avery working before she came home to help her mother deal with her father's cancer?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does May remember that her mother's eyes were?

2. In Chapter 4, what did a midwife take when Briny did not pay her cash money?

3. In Chapter 9, what type of tree does Avery remember playing under at her grandmother's house?

4. At the end of the Prelude, where does a doctor say that he knows a woman who might be able to help?

5. In Chapter 6 when Lark slips off and falls asleep in a clearing by a creek, how long does it take her family to find her?

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