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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 153-212.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Molly's foster mother?
(a) Donna.
(b) Terry.
(c) Dina.
(d) Marie.

2. Consider the following sentence from Section 4: "As the years have passed, [Vivian's] losses have piled on one another like layers of shale." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

4. How did Molly's father die?
(a) He was executed by the state.
(b) He committed suicide by overdose.
(c) He was killed in a car accident.
(d) He was shot by a stranger.

5. How many years older than Vivian is Dutchy in the novel?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vivian admit that her mother went after the fire when she first arrives at Miss Larsen's room at the boarding house?

2. How many months ago did Vivian's younger sister Maisie die, according to Molly's research in Section 4?

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

4. What Penobscot word means "thank you"?

5. Where is Vivian taken to live with the Grotes?

(see the answer key)

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