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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took a death photograph of Charlie, thinking she wouldn't make it through the night?
(a) Charlie's sister.
(b) Charlie's grandmother.
(c) Charlie's mother.
(d) Charlie's aunt.

2. What was the name of the club where Mary was allowed to attend meetings with her father?
(a) The Liars' Club.
(b) The Money Gate Club.
(c) The Poker Club.
(d) The Golden Stallion Club.

3. What song did Charlie sing under her breath while driving erratically through the rain-whipped streets during the hurricane?
(a) "The Policeman and the BIshop".
(b) "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse".
(c) "Mack the Knife".
(d) "Pirate Jenny".

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

5. What physical reaction did Mary have when her grandmother was around that was her first feeling of "nervousness"?
(a) Her pulse quickened.
(b) Her throat became dry.
(c) Her stomach tightened.
(d) Her palms became sweaty.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the opening of the novel, in what room of the house was Mary lying when the doctor arrived?

2. What meal did Grandma Moore insist on eating rather than eating Pete's roadside gumbo?

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

4. In what city did Grandma Moore live during Mary's childhood?

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

(see the answer key)

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