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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Pastorale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Selina at the opening of the book?
(a) Twelve (12).
(b) Eight (8).
(c) Sixteen (16).
(d) Ten (10).

2. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Fulton Street.

3. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?
(a) Mother and daughter.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Best friends.

4. What does Suggie like to drink?
(a) Milk.
(b) Beer.
(c) Water.
(d) Rum.

5. Why does Selina think that babies are born by cutting the mother's stomach open?
(a) Because that had been the way that Virgie had delivered her baby--by Caesarean section.
(b) Because that is what Ina had told her.
(c) Because she has read it in a medical book.
(d) Because Selina has a younger sibling who was born in that manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the year in which the opening of the book is set?

2. Who is not in the Boyce family photograph?

3. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

4. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?

5. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?

(see the answer key)

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