5. What does Mack do to separate space for the residents of the Palace?
(a) Draws chalk lines on the floor
(b) Builds temporary walls
(c) Puts up crates
(d) Puts up paper screens

6. What happens to Dora during the Depression?
(a) She has to close up shop for two years.
(b) She gets married.
(c) She nearly goes bankrupt helping needy families.
(d) She has a nervous breakdown.

7. How do Mack and the boys furnish their new residence?
(a) With furniture that people give them
(b) With stolen furniture painted with stolen red paint
(c) With milk crates and wooden skids
(d) With furniture they buy on credit

8. What happens to some of the boiler's larger pipes?
(a) They are rented out to single men.
(b) They are donated to playgrounds.
(c) They are given to Doc.
(d) They are melted down.

9. What are Lee's first thoughts about the building he now owns?
(a) He can store his boat in it.
(b) Storing inventory there would only invite thievery.
(c) He can rent it out as storage space.
(d) He can tear it down and sell the land.

10. Why do Mack and the boys have to avoid the police?
(a) Eddie is wanted for petty theft.
(b) There are arrest warrants out for Hazel.
(c) Lee's car has expired license plates and no headlights.
(d) Mack is wanted for non payment of child support.

11. What becomes the hearth and center of the Palace?
(a) A burn barrel
(b) A hot plate
(c) A chiminea
(d) A huge stove

12. Why is Hazel, a man, given a female name?
(a) It is an honor given by a family priest.
(b) Hazel's mother is worn out from seven pregnancies in eight years
(c) It is a family name.
(d) It is a custom in Hazel's family.

13. What happens when Lee's car refuses to go any further without a new needle valve?
(a) The boys hitchhike to where they are going.
(b) Gay sets off to find one and disappears for 180 days.
(c) Mack knows a friend who can help them.
(d) Gay knows of a good junkyard and gets what he needs there.

14. Why does Frankie not attend school?
(a) Frankie would rather work.
(b) He skips school whenever he can.
(c) He is not very bright.
(d) His mother does not see the need for school.

15. What is the business of Western Biological Laboratories?
(a) A research facility for desert life
(b) A storage area and laboratory of marine creatures
(c) A facility for Pacific Ocean maritime history
(d) A museum of western life