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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Dollanganger children's mother do over and over again after the death of her husband?
(a) Bakes cookies.
(b) Reads a book.
(c) Rewrites a letter.
(d) Makes phone calls.

2. How many suitcases does the children's mother allow them to bring when they move to their grandparents' home?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. How does the grandmother demand the children keep their surroundings in their room?
(a) However they want.
(b) Dirty.
(c) As clean as they are able.
(d) Neat.

4. What relation does the grandmother tell the children their father had to their mother?
(a) He was her half-brother.
(b) He was her cousin.
(c) He was her brother.
(d) He was her half-uncle.

5. Who does the grandmother show the children she has whipped at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Their uncle.
(b) Their grandfather.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Chris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author tell us about the story in the Prologue?

2. What does the grandmother do to the person who bites her in Chapter 5?

3. Which of her relatives does the children's mother say is very wealthy?

4. What does the children's mother tell them they have none of in Chapter 1?

5. What is the title of Chapter 1?

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