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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the town where Charlie and Pete first met?
(a) Birdsong.
(b) Dell.
(c) Leechfield.
(d) Oscelola.

2. Who was the first member of the family to see Grandma Moore's dead body?
(a) Lecia.
(b) Aunt Iris.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Mary.

3. Which lunch does Mary remember most loving as a child, remembering how the construction worker men ate the meal with reverence?
(a) Smoked salmon.
(b) Boiled shrimp.
(c) Oysters.
(d) Caviar.

4. Which of the following states was most hard hit during the hurricane?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Texas.
(d) Alabama.

5. Who was Mr. Thibideaux?
(a) Mary's father.
(b) Mary's bus driver.
(c) Mary's teacher.
(d) Mary's neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the effect of the jellyfish attack on Lecia's leg?

2. On what was Mary lying at the opening of the memoir?

3. Where did Pete work at the time when he first met Charlie?

4. What insect attacked Charlie's car as she was driving to her mother's home in West Texas?

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

(see the answer key)

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