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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3-Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 4, who picks up Maren after she does not have money for another bus ticket?
(a) A boy named Scott.
(b) A girl named Samantha.
(c) A boy named James.
(d) A girl named Carol.

2. How does Maren's mom explain Maren's malnourished appearance?
(a) Maren does not like the food that her mom is trying to give her.
(b) Maren does not want to eat because Maren was upset about the missing boy from her summer camp.
(c) Maren does not eat because she is sick.
(d) Maren is protesting something that her mom is doing to her.

3. What does the boy in the green jersey do to the drunken cowboy?
(a) The boy beats him up.
(b) The boy turns him into the Walmart security.
(c) The boy helps him with his groceries.
(d) The boy eats him.

4. Where did Maren meet Luke?
(a) In chess class.
(b) At the library.
(c) At summer camp.
(d) At school.

5. According to Maren's sixth grade classmate, Stuart, why are redback spiders called black widows?
(a) Because the male kills the female after sex.
(b) Because the female eats the mates of other females.
(c) Because the female dies after giving birth.
(d) Because the female eats the male after sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the framed needlepoint say in the police station that Maren goes to with her mom to report a stolen car radio?

2. What does Maren discover about about Mrs. Harmon after she wakes up from her first nap?

3. How do Mrs. Harmon and Maren get to Mrs. Harmon's house?

4. What does Maren do in the kitchen the morning after her mom leaves?

5. What does Luke want to be when he grows up?

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