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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Town Where I Live.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miriam Brown is known as the town's most infamous __________ and she has one of her babies with her.
(a) Prostitute.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Alcoholic.
(d) Writer.

2. What do the people next door to Jen remind her of, as she describes them for the reader?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Martians.
(c) No one.
(d) Her brothers.

3. What does the family next door to Jen have which they always try to talk to her about, much to her displeasure?
(a) Nudist colony.
(b) Worm farm.
(c) Get rich quick scheme.
(d) Library.

4. What does Megan say that she will do until Jen gets back from her work time?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Swim.
(c) Read.
(d) Cook.

5. What was the background of the immigrants who built the castle in which Jen and her family used to live?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family have to cope with in regard to the situation with Wallace and his brain tumor?

2. What is the name of Wallace's girlfriend who is living with him and with one of his children?

3. What is the occupation of Jen when the story first begins for the reader, though it is said she is bad at this on her own?

4. Who is the person that first hears Wallace stumble in order to think of a word?

5. The Burn Outs are the old hippies in town who did way too many drugs when they were younger and now cannot stop ______________.

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