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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she is riding in the police car, what does Caroline refuse to do because she doesn't "want them to think anything untrue" (53)?
(a) Laugh or smile.
(b) Tell them she is scared.
(c) Criticize Father.
(d) Cry.

2. Where does Caroline say Father's monthly checks come from?
(a) They are government disability payments.
(b) They are from his trust fund.
(c) They are his pension checks.
(d) They are payments for having been in a war.

3. Why do Father and Caroline go to the men's camp?
(a) To ask them to control their dogs.
(b) To barter with them.
(c) To ask them to clean up their garbage.
(d) To find out where Nameless has gone.

4. What justification for stealing does Father give Caroline at the salvage yard?
(a) These are things that no one else wants.
(b) Rich people will not miss a few scraps of metal.
(c) He has organized the materials while looking through them.
(d) He has repaired the hole in their fence for them.

5. In what city do Father and Caroline live?
(a) Seattle, Washington.
(b) San Francisco, California.
(c) Sacramento, California.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caroline get angry at Jean Bauer for when Jean talks about sticks leaping up and stones rolling uphill?

2. Besides the view and her feeling that she cannot breath in the room where she is staying, what other complaint does Caroline make to Jean Bauer about her accommodations?

3. Why is Valerie in state custody?

4. Where does Caroline sleep in Part One?

5. What does Father have nightmares about?

(see the answer key)

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