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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 57-90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a boy at school make fun of Bennie?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He is Cuban.
(c) He stutters.
(d) He is retarded.

2. What does the woman at the coffee kiosk tell Frannie that is a code?
(a) Her train is about to depart.
(b) She left her newspaper on the bench.
(c) She has dropped her tickets.
(d) She wants to buy her a cup of coffee.

3. Why is Beth especially worried on Robert's first day of school?
(a) That he won't be able to keep all the new facts straight.
(b) That he will make a call to his father.
(c) That the other kids will make fun of him.
(d) That he will fall behind in classes.

4. What is the name of Beth and Robert's new town?
(a) Lake Plata.
(b) Lake Monroe.
(c) Lake City.
(d) Lake Placid.

5. What injury has Bobby inflicted on Frannie that has made her decide to leave him?
(a) He broke her nose.
(b) He gave her a concussion.
(c) He fractured her pelvis.
(d) He broke her leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert have a hard time understanding?

2. What is the story Beth must tell about her ex-husband?

3. Who is the only friend that Frannie had in Brooklyn?

4. What is Bobby's profession?

5. How does Beth get to her patients' homes?

(see the answer key)

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