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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 is Gladys?
(a) Anita's teacher.
(b) Anita's mother.
(c) Anita's grandmother.
(d) Anita's sister.

2. 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.

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

4. What did Anita grow up believing?
(a) She was adopted.
(b) She was a nuisance.
(c) She was unwanted and unloved.
(d) She was ugly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James NOT do?

2. What did the guest staying with Anita and her mom show towards Anita?

3. What happened briefly that brought some happiness to the family in Chapter 1?

4. In what year was Anita born?

5. Who did Anita spend her summers with?

(see the answer key)

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