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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. How does Anita describe her mother in Chapter 1?
(a) Ugly and sour.
(b) Sour and poor.
(c) Dour and unhappy.
(d) Poor and black hearted.

2. What ended the family's temporary happiness in Chapter 1?
(a) James proved to be as irresponsible as before.
(b) James moved out again.
(c) They had to sell their house.
(d) James took all of Gladys's money.

3. How does Chapter 1 describe Anita?
(a) Happy and joyful.
(b) Lonely but happy.
(c) Sad and miserable.
(d) Disruptive and emotionally bankrupt.

4. What happened briefly that brought some happiness to the family in Chapter 1?
(a) A brief remarriage of Gladys and James.
(b) A new house.
(c) A long vacation.
(d) A brief remarriage of Glady and Jimmy.

5. What did Gladys discover before she got married?
(a) She hates her dad.
(b) She hates her life.
(c) She is in love.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anita long for during Chapter 2?

2. In what year was Anita born?

3. What did James NOT do?

4. Who was born after Gladys and her first husband moved?

5. Who is Gladys?

(see the answer key)

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