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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 122-143 (Victoria Roubideaux, McPherons, Guthrie).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Ike and Bobby go to the train station?
(a) To take the metro train to school.
(b) To watch for their father.
(c) To get newspapers for their delivery route.
(d) To watch a train with a new type of diesel engine come into the station.

2. What does Russ want of Sharlene?
(a) For her to have sex with him.
(b) Nothing.
(c) For her to have an abortion.
(d) For her to have sex with his friend.

3. What does Maggie notice about the McPherons' house when they enter it?
(a) It is very dirty.
(b) It is very large.
(c) It has been cleaned up.
(d) It is very small.

4. Why is it difficult for Ike and Bobby to talk with their mother?
(a) She keeps the door closed so they have to yell through it.
(b) She refuses to wear her hearing aids.
(c) She is so apathetic.
(d) She keeps crying.

5. What happens to Bobby near the end of the work?
(a) He breaks his arm.
(b) He jumps off the fence and sprains his ankle.
(c) He trips and falls off the fence into the pig pen.
(d) He is run over by a cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who at first refuses to pay Ike and Bobby?

2. Why does Victoria run out of the classroom?

3. Where does Victoria work?

4. Where does the father of Victoria's baby live?

5. What are students doing in Guthrie's class?

(see the answer key)

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