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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mick Kelley?
(a) A girl from a large family who dresses like a boy.
(b) An orphaned girl who lives on the street.
(c) A Jewish boy from a wealthy family.
(d) A boy from the neighborhood.

2. No matter what she is doing, what is always going on in the back of Mick's mind?
(a) Some kind of invention.
(b) A plan to run away when she turns seventeen.
(c) Some kind of piano piece.
(d) Some place she wants to travel.

3. In the opening pages of Chapter 3, what are Mr. and Mrs. Brannon arguing about?
(a) A mute man who comes in and causes trouble.
(b) Mr. Brannon's best friend who sometimes gets drunk.
(c) A waitress who has been stealing from the cash drawer.
(d) A stranger who comes to town and owes them for meals and beer.

4. What was the first thing Jake Blount says when he wakes in Mr. Singer's room?
(a) That he is thirsty.
(b) He asks where he is.
(c) He asks what happened to him.
(d) That he has to use the bathroom.

5. Who were the four people who often visited Mr. Singer?
(a) Bubber, Mick, Mandy Lewis, and Dr. Copeland.
(b) Willie, Highboy, Bubber, and Mick.
(c) Mick Kelly, Portia, Willie, and Biff Brannon.
(d) Mick Kelly, Biff Brannon, Jake Blount, and Dr. Copeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Jake Blount seems to stand out most to Brannon?

2. What does Dr. Copeland's daughter want them to stop doing?

3. What is a flying-jinny?

4. Who is Spiros Antonapoulos?

5. When she is introduced to the story, what time does Mick come into the restaurant ?

(see the answer key)

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