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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Portia say her father is?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A black judge.
(d) A black doctor in town.

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 place she wants to travel.
(d) Some kind of piano piece.

3. What did Dr. Copeland do that made his children resent him?
(a) As children he left their mother, and she had to raise them alone.
(b) He ran away to medical school and forgot them until he returned to town as a doctor.
(c) As children he tried to mold them to be what he wanted them to be.
(d) He didn't do anything, they were just stubborn children.

4. What about Jake Blount seems to stand out most to Brannon?
(a) The way the man changed.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The way the man drank.
(d) The way the man looked.

5. Why did Mick say she wore shorts?
(a) She didn't want to look like her sisters or wear their hand-me-downs.
(b) She thought it was too hot for long pants.
(c) She wanted to look like her brothers, not her sisters.
(d) She could climb trees better in shorts than a skirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took a drunken Jake Blount home?

2. What does Portia tell her father about Willie?

3. What does Lucille tell Biff not to do?

4. What does Singer like to read?

5. What does Jake say after Mr. Singer offers to share his room with him until he finds a place?

(see the answer key)

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