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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Joy to the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Chance boys call Grandawma's dog?
(a) Dog.
(b) Gomorrah.
(c) Marion.
(d) Pullman.

2. What three things do Laura and Hugh fight about in Book One that prompts her to take the twins up to Spokane?
(a) Medical care, religion, and disciplining the boys.
(b) Baseball, television, and money.
(c) Laundry, money, and what color to paint the house.
(d) Money, religion, and beer.

3. Who drives the Chance family to the hospital after Hugh has been in the accident at the mill?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Peter.
(c) Papa's friend Roy.
(d) Mama.

4. What event prompts Hugh Chance to start smoking?
(a) His first no-hitter.
(b) The death of his dog.
(c) The death of his father.
(d) Getting kicked off the high school baseball team.

5. After the accident, who sends forty dollars to Hugh for him to use to buy himself a gift?
(a) His neighborhood pools money, and Roy sends it.
(b) Gale Durham, manager of a baseball team.
(c) His co-workers from the mill.
(d) The members of Laura's church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Laura and Hugh do for their first date?

2. Which classmate of Kincaid's has a hair lip that causes a speech impediment?

3. What is Laura's mother's name?

4. What does Irwin want to be when he grows up in Book One?

5. Why does drinking terrify Laura?

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