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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mary pour her energy after her mother was committed?
(a) Into school.
(b) Into home chores.
(c) Into music.
(d) Into friendships.

2. Who did Mary plan to shoot with her BB gun when she sits in a tree outside the schoolyard?
(a) Rickey's brother.
(b) Rickey's mother.
(c) Rickey's father.
(d) Rickey Carter.

3. What did Grandma Moore show Mary as proof that Tex and Belinda were real people?
(a) A box of baby clothes.
(b) Two locks of hair.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A diary.

4. What meal did Grandma Moore insist on eating rather than eating Pete's roadside gumbo?
(a) Fried alligator.
(b) Red beans and rice.
(c) Jambalaya.
(d) Shrimp remoulade.

5. What part of her mother's body did Mary dream about her father cleaving off after the family visited Charlie at the psychiatric ward?
(a) Her foot.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her ears.
(d) Her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Hector's cousin Purdy when Mary and Lecia were sent to stay with her?

2. Which of the following Karr family members refused to evacuate the home when a hurricane rolled through?

3. To whom / what did Mary compare her sexual attacker while he was in her bedroom?

4. What common animal did Pete catch around the house and use to make gumbo for his family?

5. What song did Charlie sing under her breath while driving erratically through the rain-whipped streets during the hurricane?

(see the answer key)

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