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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Jesse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Clarissa Montgomery find Prez and Perry hiding?
(a) The gardening shed.
(b) The church parking lot.
(c) The park.
(d) The gazebo in her yard.

2. What does Francie's mother use on her hair to straighten it?
(a) Cocoa butter.
(b) Herbs.
(c) A hot iron.
(d) A blow dryer.

3. Which of the following is NOT something Francie likes to do?
(a) Read books.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Eat Scooter Pies.
(d) Watch trains go by.

4. Why does Jesse continue to walk to school each day?
(a) He wants to get away from his abusive father.
(b) The truant officer makes him.
(c) He promised his dead mother.
(d) He wants a better life that an education can give him.

5. What sound does Francie hear as she sits under a tree reading her book?
(a) A scream.
(b) A banjo.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) A train whistle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Francie have to go to Clarissa Montgomery's house?

2. Where does Jess tell Francie he is going to catch a freight to California?

3. What is the name of Aunt Lydia's new baby?

4. Why does Granny say that the new baby has good fortune?

5. What does a birth in the family mean for Francie's family?

(see the answer key)

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