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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 10: "Centavos".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sons has Gloria lost in the Vietnam War?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. How much money did Claire send to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s church in Atlanta after he was shot?
(a) $550.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $1,000.

3. How does Lara describe her mother in Book 1, Chapter 3: "A Fear of Love"?
(a) She was a college professor.
(b) She was a ballet dancer.
(c) She was a sculptor.
(d) She was a Norweigan model.

4. Solomon Soderberg perceives New York as a city that is uninterested in what, according to the narrator in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) Crime.
(b) History.
(c) America.
(d) Love.

5. Where was Tillie born?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Book 1, Chapter 4: "Let the Great World Spin Forever Down," the World Trade Center towers were designed to sway how much in a storm?

2. What profession did Adelita come to America to pursue?

3. What television show does the person on the payphone in New York think they are on in Book 2, Chapter 6: "Etherwest"?

4. Whose funeral does Tillie say she wasn't allowed to attend in Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built"?

5. What led to the narrator's mother's death in Book 1, Chapter 1: "All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here"?

(see the answer key)

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