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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-28: Grosi; Meanwhile; Somewhere Else; Meanwhile,Elsewhere; Mrs. Bruning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what has Mrs. Bruning agreed with Peter's parents?
(a) To move her bedroom downstairs.
(b) To leave for assisted living in two weeks.
(c) To advertise for a renter.
(d) A visiting nurse and meals on wheels.

2. What do Debbie and Patty think of the clothes their mothers have bought for them?
(a) Debbie likes her mother's choices but Patty does not.
(b) Both of them think their mothers make fantastic choices of clothing.
(c) Neither of the girls like the clothes.
(d) Patty likes her mother's choices but Debbie does not.

3. What kind of song does Hector compose when he sees the worms on the sidewalk?
(a) A funeral dirge.
(b) A happy, silly song.
(c) A maudlin, though silly song.
(d) A dance tune.

4. Who is interested in the theory of relativity?
(a) Russell.
(b) Patty.
(c) Lenny.
(d) Debbie.

5. What are mementos of her mother's that Debbie finds?
(a) Dog figurines.
(b) Two high school year books.
(c) Cat pictures.
(d) A pressed lei of flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Debbie's mother's mementos?

2. How many other students are in the class with Hector?

3. What is Hector holding when he runs past Debbie and Patty?

4. What does Debbie wonder about as far as Albert Einstein is concerned?

5. What about the Catholic religion are the friends discussing at the beginning of Chapter 21?

(see the answer key)

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