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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The War, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is one of the reasons that Maritze is bitter?
(a) She is too tall.
(b) She is crippled.
(c) She is illegitimate.
(d) She is ugly.

3. How does Miss Thompson like to spend her money?
(a) Buying presents for her grandchildren.
(b) Buying presents for her roommates' children.
(c) Buying clothes for her sister.
(d) Buying chocolates for herself.

4. What does Silla tell her daughters that she did as a child?
(a) Wove cloth.
(b) Drank rum.
(c) Worked in the fields.
(d) Shined shoes.

5. In Book 2, Pastorale, what does Selina ask to do with her best friend?
(a) Spend the afternoon at Coney Island.
(b) Go to Prospect Park.
(c) Visit a boy.
(d) Look for her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following item types will Silla make and sell for extra money?

2. Why is Book 2 called Pastorale?

3. What are Deighton's happy news?

4. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?

5. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what do Suggie and her date drink?

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