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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what was Mary lying at the opening of the memoir?
(a) Bloody linoleum flooring.
(b) A naked mattress.
(c) A pile of dirty sheets.
(d) A goose-down pillow.

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) Chemotherapy.
(b) Mustard gas.
(c) Liquid Nitrogen.
(d) Arsenic.

4. Where did the Liar's Club regularly meet?
(a) In a hunting shack.
(b) In an old church.
(c) In a bar.
(d) In the elementary school.

5. What was the name of the bully who wanted to fight Mary after she felt Mary made her little sister look stupid in the classroom?
(a) Big Betty.
(b) Big Beth.
(c) Big Bertha.
(d) Big Brenda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was streaked all over the mirrors and windows in the house on the day Charlie went missing?

2. Which lunch does Mary remember most loving as a child, remembering how the construction worker men ate the meal with reverence?

3. During what major American historical event was the town of Antelope formed?

4. Which of the following Karr family members was struck with insomnia after Grandma Moore's death?

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

(see the answer key)

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