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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Six, The Blue Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To apologize to Laura in Book Three, what does Everett give her?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A new family Bible.
(c) Some chocolates.
(d) A long handwritten letter.

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

3. What type of classes does Irwin sign up for at the community college after Hugh's death?
(a) Welding classes.
(b) Art classes.
(c) Poetry classes.
(d) Political science classes.

4. How does Irwin lose his rain slicker in Book Two?
(a) He loses it playing pool.
(b) He gives it to a homeless person on his walk home.
(c) It is stolen from his locker after football practice.
(d) He leaves it at the school.

5. Who opens their own post office box for a private correspondence with Everett?
(a) Kincaid.
(b) Peter.
(c) Laura.
(d) Bet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Chance family call Hugh's practice in the shed?

2. What pen name does Kincaid use for his poem "Why Apple Pie"?

3. What action causes Irwin to be sent back home from Vietnam in a straitjacket, heavily sedated?

4. Whom does Peter quote during his speech at the post season baseball banquet?

5. What does Grandawma eat for her last meal?

(see the answer key)

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