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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the "forlorn woman" who is wandering at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Hattie.
(c) Sadie.
(d) Nellie.

2. What vehicle does Jimmie fear, respect, and love with "a distant dog-like devotion"?
(a) Police wagons.
(b) Fine trucks.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Fire engines.

3. Because of her thoughts of Pete, what does Chapter 8 say that Maggie grows to dislike?
(a) All of her dresses.
(b) Her neighborhood.
(c) Her looks.
(d) Her apartment.

4. Who comes into the apartment to stare at Maggie when she comes home?
(a) The women and children of Rum Alley.
(b) The old woman.
(c) The police.
(d) The men of Rum Alley.

5. As Chapter 17 opens, from where are most of the people in the crowd coming?
(a) Work.
(b) The museum.
(c) Church.
(d) The theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maggie sees that Jimmie has been fighting, what does she warn him that Mudder will do?

2. What has been done to the apartment when Jimmie arrives home from work?

3. Who says, "Is yer fader beatin' yer mudder, or yer mudder beatin' yer fader"?

4. What does Maggie do after dinner that makes her mother angry?

5. Where does Nellie say she wants to go with Pete?

(see the answer key)

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