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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Philip's mother dying of at the beginning of the book?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Childbirth.
(d) A venereal disease.

2. What is the name of the ringleader of the bullying against Philip?
(a) Salvet.
(b) Salute.
(c) Singer.
(d) Sawyer.

3. Who takes care of the funeral arrangements for Philip's mother?
(a) Philip's uncle.
(b) Philip's cousin.
(c) Philip's grandfather.
(d) Philip's aunt.

4. What time of day is it when Philip is woken up at the beginning of the book?
(a) Mid morning.
(b) Early evening.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Middle of the night.

5. What deformity does Philip have?
(a) A missing arm.
(b) A cleft palate.
(c) A lame knee.
(d) A clubfoot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Philip's father not present when Philip's mother dies?

2. How does William describe the way his brother spent money?

3. What is the name of the school game that Philip gets very good at?

4. What does William think when he sees the pictures his brother had taken of Philip's mother?

5. Where does Philip go to live after his mother dies?

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