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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: The Shoemaker and His Elves, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease is Kathleen's baby born with, causing the house to be put in quarantine?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Polio.

2. When her father is gone, how does Kathleen treat her younger sisters?
(a) She is plesant to the girls, but takes no special interest in them.
(b) She beats them when no one is looking.
(c) She ignores them as usual.
(d) She plays and reads books with them.

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

4. 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) Mr. Luvovitz.
(d) Mrs. Luvovitz.

5. What did Materia's mother read to tell James's fortune?
(a) A glass ball.
(b) His palms.
(c) Her Terro cards.
(d) His tea leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Other Lily when she died?

2. During the time of James's bootlegging career, how long had the coal miners been on strike?

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

4. Who does James put in charge of raising the new baby after Materia's death?

5. Why did Frances bring the new baby down to the river where he died?

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