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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 49 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Norm's parents die?
(a) In an airplane wreck.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) In a shipwreck.
(d) In a house fire.

2. Who is the 13-year-old girl that is described in the opening of the novel?
(a) Penny.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Amalia.

3. What is the 13-year-old girl screaming at in the opening of the novel?
(a) A cat.
(b) A mule.
(c) A pig.
(d) A dog.

4. How old is Norm when he dies?
(a) 75.
(b) 77.
(c) 93.
(d) 82.

5. Where did Amalia go to high school?
(a) Nyack.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jazz's real name?

2. In what month does Penny first go to Jersey City to find her grandparents' house?

3. How old is Penny's father said to be in 2005?

4. Of what people does Amalia say she descended?

5. Who wrote The Gender of the Gift?

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