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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 107 - 142).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michael put on the windows in Part II because of the heat?
(a) Water.
(b) Tin foil.
(c) Tissue paper.
(d) Paper towels.

2. Where does Michael's father live?
(a) In Trinidad somewhere.
(b) In a run-down low-rise building.
(c) With his sister in the suburbs.
(d) In a homeless shelter.

3. What book does Michael use as a pretense to sit next to Aisha at the library?
(a) Sense and Sensibility.
(b) The Theban Plays.
(c) The Chronicles of Narnia.
(d) The War of the Worlds.

4. What does Aisha do to the police car in Part II?
(a) Scratches it.
(b) Throws a piece of asphalt at it.
(c) Places a flower on it.
(d) Steals it.

5. What is Francis's mother most disappointed about regarding Francis?
(a) He takes drugs.
(b) He gets a dead-end job.
(c) He drops out of school.
(d) He eats too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth do to Michael when he approaches her at the party in Part III?

2. How does Michael's brother describe memory?

3. What does Ruth do on Francis's birthday one year, many years after his death?

4. What does Michael's mother's generation call the place where she was born?

5. Why does Michael tell Ruth that Aisha has come to visit?

(see the answer key)

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