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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 170 - 213).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Ford think her mother sometimes needs her to do as a child?
(a) Make money.
(b) Be loud.
(c) Go to the store for her.
(d) Disappear.

2. What does Ford's mother say about her past sexual assault?
(a) Ford should have told her about it at the time.
(b) Ford should never have let it happen to her.
(c) She understands why Ford did not tell her about it at the time.
(d) Ford should still try to prosecute Bradley.

3. In Chapter 6, what does Ford realize that forgetting her own pain in the service of is sometimes worth it for?
(a) Allowing her mother to make jokes at her expense.
(b) Not giving away secrets to the rest of the family.
(c) Being able to stay in school.
(d) Not being as poor as the family could be.

4. What does Ford bring to the prison with her in Chapter 28, thinking they will be useful?
(a) Quarters.
(b) Books.
(c) Cakes.
(d) Tapes.

5. What does Ford tell a man in Chapter 15 who asks for her number?
(a) She will tell her mother about him.
(b) She gives him her number.
(c) She will hurt him if he asks again.
(d) She is only 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ford remember hearing that she and her father shared a love for?

2. How does Ford's mother react to the news of her college acceptance?

3. Who tells Ford the family used to call her "Stagger Lee" when she was a child?

4. What happens to a boy in Ford's third-grade class that she remembers when she hears of her mother's illness?

5. Who is Ford's boyfriend in Part I?

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