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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 16 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Jean Alice's address?
(a) Miss Trevor.
(b) Miss Michaels.
(c) Miss Hendry.
(d) Miss Swinney.

2. What does Jean advise her readers never to throw away?
(a) A collar from a shirt.
(b) An old shoe.
(c) A worn sweater.
(d) An old plastic raincoat.

3. In Chapter 17, what does Howard tell Jean about he and Gretchen that is very personal?
(a) They are both Mormons.
(b) They are both cancer survivors.
(c) They are both felons.
(d) They do not have sex any longer.

4. What does Howard tell Jean and his aunt that Gretchen has a horror of?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Want.
(c) Waste.
(d) Jealousy.

5. What does Jean have to do for the first time while harvesting Howard's aunt's crops?
(a) Use a knife.
(b) Climb trees.
(c) Drive a cherry picker.
(d) Use a syringe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean get on her skirt in Chapter 1?

2. What does Howard tell Jean in Chapter 8 that he and Gretchen are not?

3. What is the weather like on Jean's and her mother's holiday?

4. In Chapter 10, what is rumored to have delayed the train?

5. What is Gretchen's last name?

(see the answer key)

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