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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 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.

2. What color is the Piper family house?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

3. Who acts as the go-between for Materia and her mother during the time she and her family live in Sydney?
(a) Kathleen Piper.
(b) James Piper.
(c) Mrs. Luvovitz.
(d) Mr. Luvovitz.

4. What did James's father do for a living?
(a) He was a shoemaker.
(b) He was a philosophy teacher.
(c) He was a piano tuner.
(d) He was a garbage collector.

5. What does Mrs. Luvovitz sell by the roadside?
(a) Butter.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Materia's mother read to tell James's fortune?

2. How old was James when his father moved out?

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

4. What is the name of Materia's second born daughter?

5. In what room of the house did Mumma die?

(see the answer key)

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