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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what way does Albertine cause her mother's downfall?
(a) She causes her mother to leave the reservation.
(b) Her birth forces her mother to work instead of returning to the convent.
(c) She forces her mother to send her to nursing school.
(d) She leaves her children behind in her mother's care.

3. At the hotel, Henry and Albertine sign the register as:
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Howdy Doody.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Whatever
(c) Mr. and Mrs. President Nixon.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Lamartine.

4. Lipsha believes his grandmother will not blame him entirely for Nector's death because:
(a) Lipsha looks after her and Grandpa.
(b) He kept Nector away from Lulu.
(c) She deceived him with the love medicine that caused him to choke.
(d) Zelda has shielded him.

5. Marie compares herself to:
(a) A pebble at the bottom of a lake ground down by the waves.
(b) A pebble at the shore of a lake gently caressed by the waves.
(c) A pebble in a still, quiet place.
(d) The black stones of June's abandoned rosary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gerry accepts:

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

3. How does Lyman describe the image of himself and Henry in their last photo?

4. Beverly rationalizes his tryst with Lulu after Henry's funeral as:

5. Nector accuses Marie of forcing him to be with her because:

(see the answer key)

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