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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is the "game" at the party compared?
(a) "Button, button, who's got the button?"
(b) "Tag."
(c) "Go fish."
(d) "Duck, duck, goose."

2. What can the reader infer from the narrator's vocabulary and style of writing?
(a) She is probably very wealthy.
(b) She is intelligent and well-spoken for her age.
(c) She is mentally ill.
(d) She is not very educated.

3. What relationship does the narrator have to Tim and Alexandria?
(a) They are her older siblings.
(b) They are her younger siblings.
(c) They are her cousins.
(d) They are her friends.

4. How does the narrator feel for the first few days of her stay with her grandparents?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Content.
(c) Bored.
(d) Depressed.

5. Where does the narrator live in Part 1?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) The exact setting is not revealed.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator worry about the new owners of her house?

2. Where does Beth have to go for the summer?

3. What does the narrator say that she wants to be in Part 1?

4. How does the narrator intend to keep the diary a secret from now on?

5. How could the main character's relationship with her mother best be described?

(see the answer key)

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