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

2. What does Caroline learn from Paul when they are outside?
(a) He and Susan are from San Francisco.
(b) Susan is a criminal.
(c) Susan is not his mother.
(d) He and Susan are on their way to Seattle.

3. Besides Randy, what does Caroline carry everywhere?
(a) A marble.
(b) A pencil.
(c) Her mother's ring.
(d) A piece of ribbon.

4. What do Father and Caroline find when they go looking for the men's camp in Part Four?
(a) The Skeleton Family is there.
(b) It has been abandoned.
(c) Valerie is now living with Richard.
(d) None of the men will speak to them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caroline say about menstruation?

2. On page 54, what does Caroline say is "always a mistake"?

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

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

5. Why does Caroline not buy new shoes in Part Seven?

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