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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Claudia that Tom has been killed?
(a) One of her officer friends.
(b) Tom's brother.
(c) Tom's sergeant.
(d) Tom's mother.

2. What was the subject of Claudia's nightmare in Chapter 13?
(a) A gruesome flight of Cortez's Spaniards from the Aztec capital of Tlacopan.
(b) Having a baby and not knowing its gender.
(c) Seeing Tom die in the desert.
(d) Having malaria.

3. What does the reader learn in Chapter 1 that Claudia and her brother collected on the beach as children?
(a) Hermit crabs.
(b) Fossils.
(c) Shells.
(d) Sand dollars.

4. What was the name of Jasper's father?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Jorg.
(c) Abel.
(d) Mikal.

5. Why is Claudia eager to see Lisa after her limo accident?
(a) To see how well she's doing in school.
(b) To show her how famous she'd become.
(c) She is not eager to see her.
(d) To make up for being an indifferent mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does not describe Claudia?

2. Why does the war suddenly become real to Claudia?

3. What animals do Claudia and Tom sympathize with on their visit to the zoo?

4. What do the hippos in the zoo eat?

5. What does Claudia tell the nurse she is writing in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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