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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter: Chapters 35-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What spectacle does Belinda get to witness for the first time on the holiday celebration depicted in Chapter 24?
(a) Trapeze artists.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) Synchronized swimming.
(d) A beach volleyball game.

2. At whose behest does Amma begin accompanying Belinda to Abacus College?
(a) Nana's.
(b) Max's.
(c) Belinda's.
(d) Helena's.

3. What is the big change to which Belinda refers when discussing her mother's reaction?
(a) Her mother had gotten pregnant.
(b) Her mother lost one of her three jobs.
(c) There was no longer any clean water to drink in the village.
(d) Her father sent a letter stating he could no longer pay Belinda's school fees.

4. Belinda wonders at the end of Chapter 34 how Aunty and Uncle feel about their own what?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Lack of children.
(c) Mortality.
(d) Wealth.

5. In Chapter 17, Nana forces Belinda to make what kind of promise?
(a) That she will stop cleaning.
(b) That she will be stricter with Amma.
(c) That she will be nicer to Amma.
(d) That she will never lie to Nana again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of transportation does Amma use on the day she decides to skip school in Chapter 29?

2. Amma had first met Roisin at a seminar offered for what type of student?

3. What type of insect does Mary swallow while she is talking to Belinda on the phone?

4. How old is Belinda in Chapter 1?

5. What television show do Belinda, Aunty, and Uncle watch together at the end of Chapter 34?

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