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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event forces the final confrontation between Leopolda and Marie?
(a) Leopolda scalds Marie's back with the tea kettle.
(b) Leopolda tries to push Marie into the oven.
(c) Marie stabs Leopolda with the poker.
(d) Marie tries to push Leopolda into the oven.

2. Sister Leopolda's actions characterize her as:
(a) Loving but strict.
(b) Fanatical and obsessive.
(c) Pious and docile.
(d) Severe yet reverent.

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

4. Leopolda claims she is interested in Marie in particular because:
(a) Marie is just like Leopolda was at her age.
(b) Leopolda had a daughter like Marie once.
(c) Marie has no devotion to God.
(d) The other nuns think Marie has a humble heart.

5. Why does Albertine think King and Lipsha don't get along?
(a) They are half-brothers, which was a family secret.
(b) King tried to take a potshot at Lipsha when they were hunting.
(c) King was June's son, but Gordie always liked Lipsha better.
(d) They used to fight when they were young, and now they don't like each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Comparing the size of her ignorance to the length of the sky, Marie attempts to convey that:

2. What breaks June down into "someone whose shoulders sag when they think no one is looking?"

3. Why does June carry a doorknob in her purse?

4. The fish images in the story imply:

5. The line "once they smash there is no way to put them right," describing Albertine's attempt to fix the pies, also suggests:

(see the answer key)

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