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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 22, how long does Hortense tells Queenie she and Gilbert have been married?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) Almost 7 months.
(d) Nearly 6 months.

2. What did Mr. Philip Roberts do for a living?
(a) Wholesaler of lumber.
(b) Wholesaler of groceries.
(c) Wholesaler of dry goods.
(d) Wholesaler of fabrics.

3. What was the name of the school where Hortense taught after college?
(a) Chetolah Park Primary.
(b) Half Way Tree Parish School.
(c) Excelsior Parish School.
(d) Apex Kindergarten.

4. In Chapter 17, where was Gilbert told to sit in a theater?
(a) Back.
(b) Last row.
(c) Balcony.
(d) Last two rows.

5. Where were the Black soldiers from that Gilbert saw in Chapter 14?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Florida.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aunt Dorothy die?

2. What does Gilbert do when Hortense changes into her nightgown in Chapter 10?

3. At the end of Chapter 11, where did frigates, corvettes, warships, troop carriers, and destroyers marshal for the convoy across the ocean?

4. Where did Hortense go to teacher's college?

5. Why did Eustace White take passengers in the newspaper van?

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