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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 379 - 464).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jo's full name?
(a) Josette Kaufman.
(b) Joelle Kaufman.
(c) Jolene Kaufman.
(d) Josephine Kaufman.

2. Why is Harold unable to have children?
(a) The doctors have not been able to tell him why.
(b) He had chemotherapy for cancer that made him infertile.
(c) He was injured in the war with chemicals that likely made him infertile.
(d) He voluntarily had a vasectomy.

3. Why does Jo run away from home in Part I?
(a) Her mother insists that she wears a dress.
(b) Her mother fires their Black housekeeper and tells her she can not see the housekeeper's daughter, her best friend, any longer.
(c) Her mother makes her switch schools.
(d) Her mother calls her a freak.

4. Where do Bethie and Harold go on their first date in Part IV?
(a) Blue Farm Restaurant.
(b) Nino's.
(c) Constantino's.
(d) Murray's.

5. How did Harold Jefferson injure his leg?
(a) On the job as a cop.
(b) In the Vietnam War.
(c) In a factory accident.
(d) In a farming accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What joke does Lila make in Part V about her mother, and at her mother's expense, that echoes the title of the book?

2. What does Bethie think of Devon as in Part II?

3. What does Uncle Mel start doing to Bethie at her father's funeral?

4. Who is Bethie supposed to go out with the night her father Ken dies?

5. What does Harold Jefferson's father do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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