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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter through Chapter Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which day of Sierra’s summer break does the novel begin?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

2. Which of the following is the title of a book Sierra sees in the Columbia University library?
(a) History of Buchanan County, Iowa, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches.
(b) The Establishment of Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur as the Standard Text of English-Language Arthurian Legend.
(c) Debating Uncle Remus: An Anthology of Essays and Stories about the Historic Southern Folktales.
(d) The Life and Times of a German Methodist Circuit Rider on the Frontier of Texas.

3. With which of the following does Chapter Five begin?
(a) “Aw, damn, y’all you seen this?”
(b) Sierra had never seen so many books.
(c) “So when popo came around the block, we just laid low.”
(d) “¿Qúe pasó?”

4. Izzy asks Tee never to say which of the following again?
(a) "Turgid pustule."
(b) "Turgid buttload.
(c) Teeming pustule."
(d) “Teeming buttload.”

5. Which of the following families hosts the first party of the summer, to which Bennie invites Sierra?
(a) Bradford.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Bradwick.
(d) Bedford.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following catcalls Sierra?

2. As which of the following is Sierra addressed by her catcaller?

3. Which of the following is included among the photographs Lázaro has in his bedroom?

4. Which of the following is the first to be named in the dedication?

5. Which of the following plays dominoes with Manny in the novel?

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