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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After hearing about Tex and Belinda, how long did Mary spend burying the memory of these children?
(a) Nineteen years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Forty-two years.
(d) Twenty-one years.

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

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

4. During what major event in American history was Charlie Moore born?
(a) Prohibition.
(b) The dust bowl.
(c) The Second World War.
(d) The emancipation.

5. What insect attacked Charlie's car as she was driving to her mother's home in West Texas?
(a) Mosquitos.
(b) Locust.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Fire ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beverage did Grandma Moore drink to dull her cancerous pain?

2. Who was the first member of the family to see Grandma Moore's dead body?

3. Which of the following is NOT something Grandma Moore regularly complained about when she was living with the Karr family?

4. How did Pete react to having his mother-in-law move in with the family?

5. What was the name of Charlie's cousin, who Grandma Moore thought had made all the right decisions in her life?

(see the answer key)

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