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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The Garden, Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the rival soldier try to steal from James when he attacks him in the night?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His helmet.
(c) His boots.
(d) His gun.

2. How does James react when Kathleen sneaks up behind him and strikes the keys while he is tuning the piano?
(a) He begins to sing.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He hugs her.
(d) He beats her.

3. What is James's secret to staying alive on the battlefield?
(a) His strong belief in fate.
(b) His desperate desire to return home to family.
(c) His apathy about life and death.
(d) His prayers every morning and night.

4. Which of the following Piper women waits hopefully everyday for James's death notice to arrive?
(a) Mercedes.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Materia.
(d) Frances.

5. What is strange about James's reaction to Kathleen striking the piano keys?
(a) All of the answers are true.
(b) It arouses him.
(c) It frightens him.
(d) It confuses him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Other Lily when she died?

2. Whose photograph does James want to take with him to war?

3. What is the name of Materia's fourth daughter, who only lives a few days before her death?

4. What is the name of the city where the Piper family lives?

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

(see the answer key)

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