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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Renate?
(a) The midwife's daughter.
(b) Hanna's sister.
(c) The midwife.
(d) Hanna's cousin.

2. How does Hanna's paternal grandmother often get around in the house?
(a) An electric scooter.
(b) A chair to which her husband attached wheels.
(c) A wheelchair donate to her by a medical charity group.
(d) Holding on to a chair she drags across the floor.

3. In what does Trudi engage regularly?
(a) Brisk walking.
(b) Writing funny stories.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Gossip.

4. Why does Oma ask to go to the hospital?
(a) She thinks she has pneumonia.
(b) She wants to visit her sister who is ill.
(c) She feels the same symptoms in her other leg that she did in the missing one.
(d) She wants to visit her best friend who is ill.

5. What does Hanna's father do with Oma?
(a) Take her home to die.
(b) Take her to stay with Oma's sister to care for the sister.
(c) Take her to a specialist.
(d) Take her to her favorite beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the mother intend to help with her giving birth?

2. Where does Trudi's mother die?

3. What does the mother learn about the baby?

4. Where does the narrator's mother go?

5. How is Oma helped?

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