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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Mulberry Tree" - "Outsider".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?
(a) He bought an identical house across the street.
(b) He was forced to live on the streets.
(c) He left to make it big in America.
(d) He moved in with Patricia and the author.

2. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?
(a) When suffering.
(b) When working.
(c) When looking into the eyes of a loved one.
(d) When defecating.

3. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?
(a) She fought for what she believed in.
(b) She was extremely proficient with improvised explosives.
(c) She was too slow to catch him for a whooping so she had to get her attacks in on the fly.
(d) She disliked the great apes and, growing up, the author did not know the difference between a "guerilla fighter" and a "gorilla fighter."

4. What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
(a) She became a housekeeper.
(b) She became a chiropractor.
(c) She started working in a factory.
(d) She became a secretary.

5. How does the author explain his remark that he and his mother "weren't just mother and son" (70)?
(a) "She was like my boss."
(b) "We never got along at all."
(c) "I was like her savior."
(d) "We were a team."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the author difficult for his caretakers to handle when he was very little?

2. What advice did Patricia give the author about prioritizing between his wife and mother?

3. In what country did the author grow up?

4. What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?

5. Why does the author say he never felt poor when living alone with Patricia?

(see the answer key)

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