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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43 through 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mama say Grandma Browning can't stay with Aunt Betty?
(a) She is too old to make the trip.
(b) She doesn't have money for the trip.
(c) She is already staying with another sick relative.
(d) She has a broken ankle.

2. What is Sally's attitude during the ride back to her house?
(a) She's cheerful, trying to make her mother stop crying.
(b) She's hateful, telling her mother to stop crying.
(c) She's crying, pleading with her mother to stop crying.
(d) She's sullen and sits in the floorboard.

3. What is the news Mama has after she buys the roast in town?
(a) Pearl Harbor has been bombed.
(b) The Germans are bound to attack.
(c) Hilly is dead.
(d) Papa will have to go to war.

4. Which of the following ingredients does Mama say she would never put in a pie?
(a) Cornstarch.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Flour.

5. What is at the top of Lark's Christmas list?
(a) A new robe.
(b) A pony.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A rocking chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beverly wearing when she first sits down by Lark?

2. What is Aunt Betty's condition Thursday afternoon?

3. What is the errand on which Mr. McPhee takes Lark?

4. Where is Sally when Lark comes out of the confessional after her practice?

5. What does Mama say about her great-great-grandmother?

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