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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lorraine's mother keep asking her to explain where the stockings come from?
(a) She always has a habit of repeating herself.
(b) To see if she can catch Lorraine in a lie.
(c) She secretly worries they come from a boy.
(d) Because she's very forgetful.

2. What deal does Lorraine's mother have with a local undertaker?
(a) They bet on which patient is the next to pass away.
(b) He gives her ten dollars whenever she sends business his way.
(c) He gives her jewelry he takes from the deceased, she sells it, and they split the profits.
(d) She gives him free drugs and he gives her free flowers.

3. Lorraine feels that John needs to make up interesting stories about his life because he is _______.
(a) Protecting himself.
(b) A scoundrel.
(c) Bored.
(d) Mentally ill.

4. What does Mr. Pignati buy at the department store for both Lorraine and John?
(a) Gingerbread cookies.
(b) Chocolate truffles.
(c) Roller skates.
(d) Beach balls.

5. While his parents criticize him for not being more like his brother Kenneth, John blames his latest prank on _____.
(a) The phase of the moon.
(b) The ghost of his aunt.
(c) It being Friday the thirteenth.
(d) Their uptight attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. John reveals that he wants to be what?

2. Lorraine states that Mr. Pignati lives on Howard Avenue, just a few blocks from ______.

3. High school students John and Lorraine are______.

4. John tells Lorraine that he knows what happens to Mrs. Pignati because he finds:

5. When he is in ninth grade, John likes to harass substitute teachers by rolling what across the floor?

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