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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that Vivian's family takes to America in 1929?
(a) The Agnes Pauline.
(b) The Christopher Columbus.
(c) The St. Mary.
(d) The USS Emirate.

2. What month is it when Molly goes to Vivian's house for the first time?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) July.

3. What is Molly's foster mother's profession?
(a) Ambulance driver.
(b) Advertiser.
(c) Police dispatcher.
(d) Chief Executive of a jewelry chain.

4. How old was Molly when her father died?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

5. Of what does Vivian say in the Prologue, "Many times in my life I have felt them around me, observing, witnessing, when no one in the living world knew or cared what happened"?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) The gods of Fate.
(c) Angels.
(d) Demons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Molly's father die?

2. Where does Vivian's family take a tenement room for ten dollars a month after arriving in New York?

3. What is Vivian's last name in the novel?

4. How old was Molly when her maternal grandmother died?

5. How would you describe Molly's sense of style in the beginning of the novel?

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