View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what room of the house did the Karr family eat their dinner until Grandma Moore came to stay with them?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the dining room.
(c) In the living room.
(d) In the bedroom.

2. What illness was Charlie diagnosed to die from at the age of two?
(a) Chicken Pox.
(b) Scarlet Fever.
(c) Measles.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. What type of medicine did the doctors pump into Grandma Moore's body with the hopes of slowing down the spreading of Grandma's cancer?
(a) Mustard gas.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Liquid Nitrogen.
(d) Chemotherapy.

4. What type of animal did Mary associate with the smell in Grandma Moore's bedroom while she was staying with the Karr family?
(a) Mice.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Birds.
(d) Snakes.

5. In what city did Grandma Moore live during Mary's childhood?
(a) Lajitas.
(b) Live Oak.
(c) Lyford.
(d) Lubbock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which meat product did Mary compare Grandma Moore's disfigured body?

3. In whose arms did Mary's older sister pretend to sleep while the doctor was checking her out at the opening of the memoir?

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

5. What was the name of the club where Mary was allowed to attend meetings with her father?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 252 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample