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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 111 - 166).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Auntie Petra do to Adan for stealing from Dr. Thompson's daughter?
(a) Makes him eat dirt.
(b) Throws him out of the house.
(c) Beats him.
(d) Grounds him.

2. Where does Lala keep some of her money she earned from braiding?
(a) In her shoes.
(b) Under the mattress.
(c) Buried in a spot on the beach in a tin.
(d) In a book.

3. Who is Wilma's employer?
(a) Mrs. Kennedy.
(b) Mr. Reeds.
(c) Mrs. Whalen.
(d) Mrs. Grayson.

4. What do Adan and Lala fight over in Chapter 14?
(a) That Tone stole Lala's money.
(b) That Lala wants to move to America and Adan does not.
(c) That Adan is stealing too much jewelry and attracting the police's notice.
(d) That Adan stole Lala's money.

5. Who does Wilma visit in the hospital in Part I?
(a) Adan.
(b) Carson.
(c) Esme.
(d) Lala.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Wilma tell Lala in the Prologue?

2. Why does Tone wait and watch Lala's house in Chapter 17?

3. What does Esme always hold against Wilma from what happens with Carson in Chapter 11?

4. Which neighbor of Adan's is convinced he is a bad seed?

5. Where does Lala first meet Tone?

(see the answer key)

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