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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Personality on Legs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom of the following did the author’s mother serve?
(a) Helen Anderson.
(b) Guenevere Donaldson.
(c) Camilla Benson.
(d) Lavinia Carlson.

2. With which of the following does "Personality on Legs" begin?
(a) “Then the old woman stood on the far side of the decades.”
(b) “The sisters needed to sleep for a year.”
(c) “Irene stuffed a letter to Handyman in the mailbag and opened a fan letter in a flimsy international airmail envelope.”
(d) “The old life was over.”

3. Which of the following is used as a term for infantry in the novel?
(a) Blisterfoots.
(b) Cassidies.
(c) Schleppers.
(d) Trogs.

4. Which of the following is the first English city Irene reaches?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Lichfield.
(d) London.

5. From which of the following is one of the novel’s epigraphs taken?
(a) The Bookmobile.
(b) The Batmobile.
(c) The Clubmobile.
(d) The Helpmobile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of clothing does Irene wear that shocks Dorothy?

2. Whom of the following does Irene quote?

3. Which of the following magazines does Irene carry out of New York?

4. In which of the following does the Rapid City overnight?

5. Which of the following songs does the Rapid City have in its collection?

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