This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-13: In the Rhododendrons; The Fable of Lenny; Easy Basin Wrench, or Debbie has Mechanical Moment, Too; Guitar Lessons; Conversation in the Dark-Brilliant Eskimo Thoughts; Hector's First Song; Truck Lessons; Ravine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Debbie and Patty promise their mothers when buying jeans?
(a) The jeans will have no holes in them.
(b) They will hem them.
(c) They will pay back their mothers for the price of the jeans.
(d) They will not make the jeans too short.

2. What does Lenny still like to share with anyone who will listen?
(a) The songs he writes.
(b) How to take apart and put together machinery.
(c) The knowledge he gleaned from encyclopedias.
(d) The plots of all the comic books he read.

3. What are Debbie and Patty doing?
(a) Talking about boys.
(b) Looking at a magazine.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Changing clothes.

4. What is one thing Debbie and Patty wonder?
(a) If they will be able to attend college in Europe.
(b) If they will be able to attend college in a state far from their own.
(c) If they are old enough to wear make-up.
(d) Why some people experience adversity and others do not.

5. What has Lenny been developing around the home?
(a) Computer skills.
(b) Drafting skills.
(c) Fix-up skills.
(d) Gardening skills.