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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Part Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Caroline and Father not talk to one another in the police car after they are released from state custody?
(a) The police have told them not to talk.
(b) They are writing their conversation down on scrap paper.
(c) They do not want to talk in front of the police.
(d) They feel awkward and do not know what to say to each other.

2. What is Caroline's response when Mr. Walter asks her if she is bored?
(a) That she likes being a little bored, because it gives her time to think.
(b) That she is not bored when she is allowed to help Father with his work.
(c) That any life outside the park would be boring.
(d) That if a person is bored it is their own fault.

3. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

4. After Clarence tells Father that it was stupid to come back to the park, what does Father tell Caroline?
(a) That they are too smart for the police to catch again.
(b) That they will go back to the farm soon.
(c) That he will leave the choice of what to do next up to Caroline.
(d) That he never planned to stay in the park for more than a night.

5. On page 54, what does Caroline say is "always a mistake"?
(a) Believing that friendly people are on your side.
(b) Telling authorities the truth.
(c) Cooperating with the police.
(d) Letting people make you angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Father quoting on page 86 when he says, "Better not to keep a house"?

2. Whom is Father quoting when he says, on page 14, "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes"?

3. Where is the first place that Father and Caroline go when they leave the farm?

4. What town do Father and Caroline come into when they are out of the mountains?

5. When Caroline says, on page 84, "everything's different now," what is Father's response?

(see the answer key)

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