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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Sample Rains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ian work the summer after Danny's death?
(a) Jim's Barbershop.
(b) Sam's Garage.
(c) Sid & Ed's A-1 Movers.
(d) Pete's Towing.

2. What does Mrs. Myrdal say she caught Lucy shoplifting during one of their excursions together?
(a) Jeans.
(b) A red dress.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A silk blouse.

3. Who starts a fire in the attic while trying to install an intercom?
(a) The foreigners.
(b) Doug.
(c) Billy.
(d) Reverend Emmett.

4. Who told Mrs. Jordan the name of Agatha and Thomas' father?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Doug.
(c) Agatha.
(d) Claudia.

5. What advice does Reverend Emmett give Ian as they are walking home after the prayer meeting in Chapter Six?
(a) To let his mother take of the children.
(b) To view his burden as a gift.
(c) To go back to college.
(d) To find the children's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kenny Larson's doctor say the children need before they can go in the above ground pool?

2. Whose car broke down the night Danny killed himself?

3. In chapter Two, what does Lucy steal from the drug store after visiting the typewriter store?

4. Who calls Lucy "common as dirt"?

5. Who is Gracie?

(see the answer key)

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