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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Albertine is hardly acknowledged when she arrives at home because:
(a) She is being punished for June's death.
(b) She ruined her mother's hopes for the convent.
(c) She is treated coolly by her relatives since moving away.
(d) She has interrupted a serious conversation.

2. How has Grandpa Kashpaw changed since Albertine last saw him?
(a) He has grown fat.
(b) He has aged considerably.
(c) He has grown beligerent.
(d) He has forgotten all dates and numbers.

3. What does Leopolda's big key open?
(a) The closet where the Dark One is hiding.
(b) The iron stove.
(c) The medicine closet where she keeps the salve.
(d) The larder where the food is kept.

4. Marie smiles when she hears the Dark One in the closet because:
(a) She has discovered where the other children keep their belongings.
(b) She has become attuned to his presence like Sister Leopolda.
(c) She is nervous about being caught thinking of him.
(d) She is delighted that Sister Leopolda will have to deal with him.

5. The real purpose for Sister Leopolda's long oak pole with the hook at the end is:
(a) Opening closet doors.
(b) Tapping bread loaves in the oven.
(c) Opening high windows.
(d) Shaking birds' nests from the trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does June's "birth" from the truck foreshadow?

2. Albertine's mother does not tell her about June's death because:

3. Why does everyone seem wary of King's new car?

4. Leopolda claims Marie has received the stigmata because:

5. The fish images in the story imply:

(see the answer key)

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