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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The Garden, Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What classic fairy tale does the narrator reference when describing Mumma's death?
(a) The Prince and the Pauper.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Hansel and Gretel.
(d) The Princess and the Pea.

2. What is significant about Daddy's hair in the photograph the narrator describes in the prologue?
(a) It is braided.
(b) It is bleached blonde.
(c) It has grown in patchy in parts and bald in others.
(d) It is shaved.

3. In what room of the house did Mumma die?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the bedroom.

4. How does James feel about his first-born child?
(a) He is obsessed with her.
(b) He is apathetic toward her and simply provides for his family.
(c) He wants nothing to do with her.
(d) He admires her from a distance.

5. What does James allow his wife to do, which he had previously forbidden, thinking it will benefit their child?
(a) Play the piano.
(b) Attend church services.
(c) Write to her mother.
(d) Get a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items is NOT described in detail in the opening passages of the prologue?

2. What does Mrs. Luvovitz sell by the roadside?

3. After James moved away from home, where did he settle?

4. How old was Materia when she first met James?

5. Why doesn't Kathleen mind that she has no friends in school?

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