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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 143 - 177).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth often do if there is not much food in the house?
(a) Order takeout.
(b) Take only a little for herself.
(c) Ask the neighbors for food.
(d) Go through the garbage outside in secret to see if there is any food there.

2. What does Francis tell all his friends after his beating?
(a) There is no way forward for any of them, or to get out of the Park.
(b) He is going to move to California.
(c) He is going to get his first passport.
(d) He is going to turn himself in at the police station.

3. What is one manifestation of Michael's mother's grief?
(a) She has shaved her head.
(b) Sometimes, she stops speaking.
(c) She hangs around graveyards, waiting for something that no one understands.
(d) She spends money with abandon.

4. What does Michael know about Anton?
(a) Almost nothing.
(b) He seemed to have a very unstable family life and lived mostly on the streets.
(c) Anton came from a happy, stable family.
(d) Anton did not even live in the Park - he was from a few neighborhoods away.

5. What reputation does Francis have in the neighborhood regarding girls?
(a) People think he is sexually violent.
(b) People think he is disinterested in sex and dating.
(c) People think he is very romantic.
(d) People think he is sexually experienced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis tell Michael he has to work on in Part III?

2. What does Francis take Michael to buy in Part III?

3. Who harrasses Michael with a knife in Part IV?

4. What does Michael wear to Jelly's audition?

5. What is Aisha's father's first name?

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