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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is complaining of the notoriety which is being forced upon them because of the anti-war act?
(a) Joy.
(b) Ma.
(c) Dessa.
(d) Dominick.

2. Joy's psychologist says that her __________ behavior is related to her being sexually abused as a young woman.
(a) Penny pinching.
(b) Financially reckless.
(c) Risky.
(d) Sexually frigid.

3. What do the twins receive as their graduation present from their Ma and Ray when they're headed off to college?
(a) Money.
(b) Books.
(c) Typewriter.
(d) A new car.

4. Billy Covington is the man who dies in Vietnam, a man who idolized _____________, though the reader doesn't learn much more.
(a) Jesus.
(b) Superman.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Spiderman.

5. What is the name of the manager at the movie theater which other people in the room call him?
(a) Bulgy Eyes.
(b) Screen man.
(c) White sheet.
(d) Bug eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the language in which the life story of Papa is written, which is why the family never had it translated?

2. Which president is in charge of Operation Desert Shield during the time of the antiwar protest?

3. Dominick talks about how rude he was to his mother when he was being fitted for ____________.

4. What did the United States citizens fear most about the Soviet Union during the 1950s?

5. Who does Ma decide is responsible for delivering her and her sons to safety after they encounter the crazy man?

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