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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: People Who Don't Know the Answers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Claudia's birthday party, who worries that Cicely doesn't like Ian as much as she used to?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Ian.
(c) Agatha and Thomas.
(d) Bee.

2. When Mr. Belling comes to visit Lucy in the apartment over the pharmacy, what does he give Agatha and Thomas?
(a) Movie tickets.
(b) Videos.
(c) Baseball cards.
(d) Money for candy.

3. What does Ian envy about the man he meets on his job who is installing cabinets?
(a) He is deaf, and seems serene in his silent world.
(b) He has a degree from a business school.
(c) He doesn't talk.
(d) He makes a lot of money.

4. Who is Mr. Rumford?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) The owner of the cafe.
(c) The typewriter man.
(d) A teacher at the high school.

5. Whom is Doug trying to locate to take care of Lucy's children?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Mr. Rumford.
(c) Mr. Bellings.
(d) Her ex-husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ian fix the marred dining table after the Church's picnic?

2. What does Doug think about being retired?

3. When Lucy calls Mr. Rumford one evening, who answers the phone?

4. Who stays at Claudia's birthday party for only a few minutes before leaving with some friends from college?

5. Whose suit is rucked up around his ankles from static cling, so that he looks like he's wading in the ocean?

(see the answer key)

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