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

2. What does Debbie wonder about as far as Albert Einstein is concerned?
(a) If he would have been different if he had been raised in a small town in the United States.
(b) If he would have revealed E=MC2 if he had known how it would be used.
(c) How he would be different if raised in an Eskimo village.
(d) If he believed genetics or environment has the most impact on one's life.

3. Who is Rowanne?
(a) Hector's girl friend.
(b) Hector's mother.
(c) Hector's older sister.
(d) Hector's youngest sister.

4. What is the radio show's format?
(a) Talk show about politics.
(b) Raucous songs and jokes.
(c) Mellow jazz music.
(d) Classical music.

5. In whom is Meadow interested?
(a) Dan.
(b) Phil.
(c) Lenny.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Debbie and Patty want their jeans to be like?

2. How are the faces described in the pictures Debbie looks at?

3. What age group are Debbie, Hector, Lenny, Phil and Patty?

4. Where did Lenny's mother get his reading material when he was young?

5. What slightly changes Debbie's attitude towards Hector one night?

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