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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lyman describe the image of himself and Henry in their last photo?
(a) Both boys sitting on the bank of the river.
(b) Henry's face haunting him from inside the closet door.
(c) He and Henry smiling in the sun.
(d) His own face out in the sun and Henry's pulled back in the shadows.

2. Albertine thinks baby Shawn will be as heavy as any truck load because:
(a) She has two very large parents.
(b) She is so full of life and energy from both her parents.
(c) She is being weighed on a heavy scale.
(d) She is being weighed in one of her heavy knit suits.

3. When Gordie tells Eli "I'm contaminated," what does he mean?
(a) He is dirty from the day's work.
(b) He is an alcoholic.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He bears the guilt for June's death.

4. What interrupts Eli and Marie's exchange in the kitchen?
(a) Marie has to rock June to sleep.
(b) June calls out from the woods.
(c) Nector returns with pockets full of money.
(d) June wakes up and walks into the room.

5. Lipsha believes Nector is having a "second childhood" because:
(a) Nector just wants to think and act like a child.
(b) Nector has chosen to retreat inside himself in order to think.
(c) Nector has simply slipped into old age.
(d) Nector wants to pretend he doesn't understand the adult world anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. In observing Lulu's close-knit sons, Beverly is reminded of the fact that:

2. What does the description of the woods as shadowy and cold foreshadow?

3. Why is Albertine angry at Lipsha when she tries to break up King and Lynette's fight?

4. What event forces the final confrontation between Leopolda and Marie?

5. To drown out the sight and sound of June's ghost, what does Gordie do?

(see the answer key)

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