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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: The Flooded Sewing Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pets do the Bedloes have?
(a) Three turtles.
(b) Dog, cat, and a goldfish.
(c) Hamster and a guinea pig.
(d) Two cats.

2. Who has the dream that a fat stranger will be hanging around Ian?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Bee.
(d) Agatha.

3. Who is fifteen and does not want to attend church anymore?
(a) Agatha.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Frances.
(d) Daphne.

4. Who is Ian's girlfriend since ninth grade?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Cicely.
(d) Brittany.

5. On a vacation, how do the children react to Ian's swimming out beyond the breakers until he is just a dot?
(a) They yell at him to return.
(b) They cheer him on.
(c) They cry.
(d) They enlist the help of a lifeguard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, who wears a pink barrette to meet her son from school?

2. What is the cold, white sauce that Reverend Emmett asks Ian to bring to dinner?

3. After divorcing Thomas Dulsimore, where did Lucy move?

4. Who does Daphne see at the bar after she's gone to the resume shop?

5. What are Thomas and Agatha doing while their mother naps in the beginning of Chapter Two?

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