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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 does Molly say turtles represent to the people of her culture?
(a) Strength and perseverance.
(b) Victory and spoils.
(c) Isolation and fear.
(d) Slowness and time.

2. Where is Jack's father from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Haiti.
(d) The Dominican Republic.

3. What does Vivian's teacher give to her for her birthday in 1930?
(a) Rum cake.
(b) Banana bread.
(c) Potato cake.
(d) Currant bread.

4. What were the names of Vivian's brothers that died in the tenement fire in 1929?
(a) Dominick and James.
(b) Gerald and Mark.
(c) John and Edward.
(d) Peter and Billy.

5. What Shakespearean play does Vivian quote when she says, "Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?"
(a) Hamlet.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Macbeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boarding house where Miss Larsen lives in 1930?

2. What is the age range of the students at Vivian's school when she lives with the Grotes?

3. Where does Mrs. Grund work as a sales clerk?

4. How many students are in the classroom with Vivian at her new school when she lives with the Grotes?

5. What does the narrator describe as "Ralph's favorite activity" in Section 4?

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