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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. Who did Gladys marry first?
(a) James Colton.
(b) Jimmy Cotton.
(c) Jim Colton.
(d) James Cotton.

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

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

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

5. Who did Anita spend her summers with?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her paternal grandparents.
(d) Her maternal grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Anita attend a great deal during her summers?

3. What does Anita note that her mother did not have in her life during her growing up years?

4. What was Anita faced with that made her runaway from home?

5. How does Chapter 1 describe Anita?

(see the answer key)

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