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

2. Which of the following did Mumma die from?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Starvation.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT an object Frances proposed using as rosary beads when a proper rosary wasn't present?
(a) Freckles.
(b) Mouse turds.
(c) Clouds in the sky.
(d) Dots on a newspaper.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Materia's firstborn daughter?

4. What is significant about Daddy's hair in the photograph the narrator describes in the prologue?

5. How old was Other Lily when she died?

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