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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "National Proportions" - Chapter 6: "Span of a Continent".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what kind of car does Ovid arrive in Chapter 5?
(a) A Chevrolet pickup truck.
(b) A Volkswagen Beetle.
(c) A Chevrolet Corvette.
(d) A Ford Explorer.

2. In Chapter 1, Jimmy's eyes are compared to the amber glass of what?
(a) A church window.
(b) A cheap ring.
(c) A whiskey bottle.
(d) A beer bottle.

3. How did Hester's kitchen table become marred?
(a) It was stabbed with a knife.
(b) It was knocked into a doorway when it was moved.
(c) It was burned by a cigarette.
(d) Dellarobia placed a hot pan on it.

4. Where did Ovid say he had traveled from in order to see the butterflies?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Vermont.

5. Where was the newspaper reporter from that interviewed Dellarobia and Hester regarding the butterflies?
(a) Cleary.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Malvern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Dellarobia's substitute mail carrier whom she once had a crush on?

2. What kind of business does Strickland run?

3. What does Dellarobia perceive Hester's church as, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

4. What crop of the Cooks' had "melted to liquid stench," in the past season, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

5. Who drives by in a red pickup truck while Dellarobia and Crystal are waiting for the bus in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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