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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Papa do to Lark's mashed potatoes?
(a) Pours salt on them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Uses his fork to break the dam she's built.
(d) Pours milk on them.

2. What game do Lark and her mother play while her mother is cooking supper?
(a) Lady Caller.
(b) Nothing.
(c) I Spy.
(d) Twenty Questions.

3. What is the feature of the Cape Ann that Lark says Mama will turn into a sewing room?
(a) The extra bedroom.
(b) The enclosed garage.
(c) The den.
(d) The breakfast nook.

4. How many words per minute does Mama say she wants to be able to type?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Fifty.

5. How much education does Papa have?
(a) He completed tenth grade.
(b) He graduated high school.
(c) He graduated college.
(d) He never attended.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much education has Mama had?

2. Where does Aunt Betty live?

3. What kind of ice cream does Papa buy for Lark?

4. Which of the following is not part of the dinner the family shares as the story opens?

5. Where does Hilly sit most days?

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