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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Though Leopolda is dying, Marie's real reason for visiting her is:
(a) To beg Leopolda's forgiveness for her behavior at the convent.
(b) To show Leopolda how far she has come up in the world.
(c) To get help finding Nector.
(d) To offer her daughter Zelda up to the convent.

3. The mood of the city is:
(a) Slow, tired, and deserted.
(b) Fearful and loathsome.
(c) Exciting and giddy.
(d) Bustling, dark, and furtive.

4. Like Marie in the previous chapter, Nector compares himself to:
(a) A stone being worn down by water.
(b) Lost in a dream.
(c) His mother.
(d) Discarded rosary beads.

5. When Nector arrives, what does Marie do with the letter?
(a) In her pocket to hide it from the children.
(b) Underneath the piles of potatoes she has peeled.
(c) Back under the sugar jar where he left it.
(d) In the bonfire Gordie has made.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nector's experiences with women have:

2. Henry shrieks when Albertine touches him because:

3. Leopolda strikes Marie with the oak pole because:

4. Eli appeals to June because:

5. How has Grandpa Kashpaw changed since Albertine last saw him?

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