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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2: Excess Baggage, Cutting Loose.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Anita feel she meant to her mother when she was growing up?
(a) She was a mistake.
(b) She was replaceable.
(c) She was expensive.
(d) She was extra baggage.

2. What did Anita long for during Chapter 2?
(a) Love.
(b) A lifestyle of freedom.
(c) A lifestyle more appropriate for adults.
(d) Affection.

3. Who was born after Gladys and her first husband moved?
(a) Anna.
(b) Sam.
(c) Anita.
(d) Love.

4. What did Anita find pleasure in during her adolescence?
(a) Movies and tv.
(b) Summer and dinnertime.
(c) Music and poetry.
(d) Music and her summers.

5. Who was Anita involved with in dance contests?
(a) A young man.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) A boy her age.
(d) An older man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were dance marathons called?

2. What did Gladys have to do to support herself and her daughter?

3. What ended the family's temporary happiness in Chapter 1?

4. How does Anita describe her mother in Chapter 1?

5. Who did Anita travel with during her time she ran away?

(see the answer key)

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