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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Property of Thirst is the Element of Surprise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How thick were the walls in the first adboe dwelling Rocky entered?
(a) 20 inches.
(b) 18 inches.
(c) 12 inches.
(d) 10 inches.

2. What is Sunny fixing to eat in "The First Property of Thirst"?
(a) Baked chicken and pork chops.
(b) Lamb chops.
(c) Roast beef.
(d) Spatchcocks and pheasant.

3. How does Sunny keep herself busy after the news of the bombing at Pearl Harbor?
(a) Reading.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Going to town with her father.
(d) Cooking.

4. How old was Sunny when Cas gave her her mother's recipes?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

5. How tall is Cas?
(a) 5 feet 10 inches.
(b) 5 feet 5 inches.
(c) 5 feet 2 inches.
(d) 6 feet 3 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall was Rocky's father Punch?

2. In "The First Property of Thirst," what opera does Rocky hear when he turns on the shortwave in the workshop?

3. What color eyes do members of the Rhodes family have?

4. How long did it take polio to kill Rocky's wife?

5. How long did Rocky attend Harvard?

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