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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caroline try to hide from Father on the morning that they are with Susan and Paul?
(a) She has taken the Mammals book from the cabin.
(b) Her sock is crusted with blood.
(c) She has candy in her pack.
(d) Her tears when he tells her to go outside.

2. What can the reader infer about what is making Father's and Caroline's hair stand up when they are inside with Susan and Paul?
(a) It is a metaphor for their suspicion.
(b) The air is charged with electricity.
(c) A lot of wind is getting in.
(d) It is an idiom expressing their surprise.

3. When they get to the bus station, what does Father tell Caroline to buy?
(a) A round-trip ticket to Bend, Oregon.
(b) A one-way ticket to Bend, Oregon.
(c) A round-trip ticket to Sisters, Oregon.
(d) A one-way ticket to Sisters, Oregon.

4. Why do Father and Caroline go to the railyard?
(a) They want to sleep in one of the parked trains.
(b) They are trying to hop a train.
(c) They need to meet Vincent there.
(d) Father has heard he can get work there.

5. What does Caroline think about the women who come to the farm to ride their horses?
(a) They are wasteful.
(b) They are nosy.
(c) They are beautiful.
(d) They are snobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boy that Caroline meets in the yard of his house?

2. Why do Caroline and Father not talk to one another in the police car after they are released from state custody?

3. What does Caroline think about the academic test that she takes in the police training room?

4. What request does Taffy make of Caroline in Part Four?

5. What do the details of Caroline scratching words into leaves, looking for the "criminals," and shouting for Lala imply?

(see the answer key)

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