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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "Seventh Street".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she is nine years old, by whom does Esther become entranced?
(a) Paul.
(b) Avey.
(c) King Barlo.
(d) Rhobert.

2. When contemplating what sort of life Fern might have, how does the author compare love to prejudice?
(a) It is deeply rooted in issues of possession.
(b) It cannot be bettered by a change in geographical location.
(c) It is subject to the same narrowminded assumptions.
(d) It is difficult to change once it has been engrained.

3. How did the townspeople know that Becky was alive?
(a) They saw her through the windows.
(b) Her sons told the townspeople.
(c) There was smoke coming out of the chimney.
(d) She came to the market.

4. What did Carma shoot?
(a) A deer.
(b) Herself.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Bane.

5. To whose singing does the author repeatedly compare Fern's face?
(a) A Jewish cantor.
(b) A field worker.
(c) An angel child.
(d) A churchgoer.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which physical attribute on others is Esther preoccupied?

2. How is Carma described?

3. Where was Becky's house?

4. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?

5. How many sons did Becky have?

(see the answer key)

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