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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Comparing the size of her ignorance to the length of the sky, Marie attempts to convey that:
(a) Her ignorance spanned the globe.
(b) Her ignorance was part of her atmosphere.
(c) Her ignorance was no hindrance to her.
(d) Her ignorance was pure and wide.

2. The sentence "The sun falls down the side of the world and the hill goes dark," suggests:
(a) Nector and Marie will not be able to find their way home.
(b) Nector and Marie have changed their minds about each other.
(c) Marie will return.
(d) Nector has made a mistake that will change his life.

3. The neighborhood gossips come around asking about what?
(a) Why Eli spends time at the house and alone in the woods with June.
(b) Why June refuses to come to church, though she wears a rosary.
(c) Why Nector goes into the woods alone with June.
(d) The information Marie has about their husbands and children.

4. Nector accuses Marie of forcing him to be with her because:
(a) He wants Lulu to hear so she won't be angry with him.
(b) He wants the nuns to understand his actions.
(c) He feels guilty for what he has done.
(d) He wants her to be afraid of him.

5. What are Marie's reasons for not wanting another child around?
(a) She is ashamed of what the neighbors will think.
(b) She has always hated her sister and her family.
(c) She has too many children and a drunk of a husband.
(d) She has plans to leave with her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beverly surrenders to Lulu's charms at the end of the story because:

2. Rushes Bear admits she has come to stay with Marie because:

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

4. The real purpose for Sister Leopolda's long oak pole with the hook at the end is:

5. Nector's only movie role was:

(see the answer key)

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