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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the mother feel about her new situation?
(a) She is excited about it.
(b) She is resigned to her fate.
(c) She is fearful.
(d) She is hesitant about whether or not it's the right choice.

2. Where is the mother supposed to stay?
(a) On the train.
(b) With some friends in the area.
(c) At the police headquarters.
(d) In the station house.

3. How does the mother react when the train starts moving?
(a) She starts screaming at the conductor.
(b) She faints.
(c) She starts running up and down the corridor looking for her husband.
(d) She gets off the train.

4. Who do the mother and father follow?
(a) An old couple.
(b) The policeman.
(c) The ticket clerk.
(d) The conductor.

5. Where does the mother wait for the father?
(a) In town.
(b) Inside the station house.
(c) On the train.
(d) Outside the station house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit the boy after school on the first day?

2. What happens to Pumpkin?

3. Why does one of the teachers yell at the boy and shake him and hit him?

4. About whom is the boy thinking when he follows through with the tradition?

5. Who takes his father off the train?

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