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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 can the reader infer from the way that Susan calls for Paul when he and Caroline are outside?
(a) Susan is frightened of him.
(b) Susan is probably mentally ill.
(c) Paul has a habit of wandering away.
(d) Paul is probably not his real name.

2. What does Caroline get angry at Jean Bauer for when Jean talks about sticks leaping up and stones rolling uphill?
(a) Making fun of her.
(b) Talking nonsense.
(c) Reading Father's books.
(d) Reading her journal.

3. What does Caroline do to try to get her sister to recognize her in Part Seven?
(a) She makes a silly hand sign they used to make to one another.
(b) She sings a song she used to sing her sister.
(c) She takes her hat off.
(d) She calls her sister's name.

4. On page 200, Caroline quotes Emerson saying, "The way of life is wonderful." What is the next line of this quote?
(a) "We live more as we leave more behind."
(b) "Open spaces are where we can see life clearly."
(c) "It is by abandonment."
(d) "Wild things are truly free."

5. What do Caroline and Father eat during the night they spend at the hot spring?
(a) Apricots.
(b) Almonds.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Sandwiches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Father think that it was his fault that they got caught?

2. Why is Caroline confused on her walk to her old house?

3. How old does Caroline tell the woman on the bus she is?

4. What happens when Caroline starts walking around and around the room she shares with Valerie and Taffy?

5. What does Caroline say that Valerie tells her is a "fake thing to say" (62)?

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