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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe her father's headstone in Chapter 2?
(a) It is a Celtic cross.
(b) It is a star.
(c) It is an obelisk.
(d) It is a Catholic cross.

2. To what religion did the author's mother ascribe?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Christian Scientist.

3. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Edna Waldrop.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Isabel Archer.
(d) Emily Wharton.

4. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?
(a) Sawdust and sweat and designer cologne.
(b) Laundry soap, wool, and attic dust.
(c) Fish, eggs, and laundry.
(d) Car grease and toothpaste and soap.

5. How many residents does the author describe in her hometown in Chapter 5?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 800.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade does the author describe getting on her algebra test in her diary entry in Chapter 6?

2. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?

3. Of her father, the author writes in Chapter 1, "... my brothers and I were free labor. Dad considered us extensions of his own body, like" what?

4. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?

5. How old was the author when her father died?

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