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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Part II, “The only living thing in the Breedloves' house was” what?
(a) “The kitchen sink.”
(b) “The couch.”
(c) “The bed.”
(d) “The coal stove.”

2. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?
(a) “Fornicating.”
(b) “Layin’ Down.”
(c) “The horizontal hustle.”
(d) “Nookey.”

3. Which of the prostitutes in town does Mrs. MacTeer say is a “ruined” woman?
(a) Miss Forrester.
(b) Miss Delia Jones.
(c) Maginot Line.
(d) Miss Julia.

4. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Mercy.

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?
(a) “The weary master.”
(b) “The elderly.”
(c) “Newborn babies.”
(d) “The proud parents.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator compares her father’s eyes to a “cliff of snow threatening to” what, in Part III?

2. Where does Frieda say she’s going to get potato chips while Claudia goes to buy ice cream with the money Mr. Henry gave them in Part III?

3. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?

4. With whom had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?

5. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s house has a door that is what color?

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