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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part Seven.

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) They do not want to talk in front of the police.
(b) They are writing their conversation down on scrap paper.
(c) The police have told them not to talk.
(d) They feel awkward and do not know what to say to each other.

2. Why does Caroline go into the bathroom at the mall?
(a) To hide from mall security.
(b) To cut her hair.
(c) To check on her painful feet.
(d) To see the woman she thinks she recognizes.

3. What does Caroline say about menstruation?
(a) That it is disgusting and she does not want to think about it.
(b) That it means a woman is old enough to breed.
(c) That she does not want it to happen to her.
(d) That it is perfectly natural and all female mammals do it.

4. What does Susan warn Father not to trip over as he and Caroline come inside?
(a) Wires.
(b) Garbage bags.
(c) A pile of wood.
(d) Books.

5. What do Father and Caroline end up building with the wire Caroline brings home?
(a) Fish traps.
(b) Storage.
(c) Snares.
(d) Hiding places.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fact does the reader learn about Caroline toward the end of Part Six?

2. In what year does the story begin?

3. 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)?

4. What does Mr. Walters wonder about Caroline going to school in the fall?

5. In Part Six, when Caroline goes inside to find Father hurt, what indication is there that he is not yet dead?

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