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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52 through 53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Uncle Stan say he lost gambling the night before?
(a) Nothing because he didn't have any money.
(b) Eight dollars he'd found in Aunt Betty's purse.
(c) Twenty-five dollars borrowed from Willie.
(d) Eighteen dollars he had left from his pay check.

2. Where does Beverly live by this point in the story?
(a) Above the cafe.
(b) Near the hobo jungle.
(c) At the depot.
(d) In a tarpaper shack .

3. What does Mrs. Stillman invite Lark to do?
(a) Spend the night.
(b) Have a long, hot bath.
(c) Visit as often as she likes.
(d) Go to the movies.

4. What does Aunt Betty say she'd been doing during the day while Lark was at school?
(a) Sewing curtains.
(b) Baking for the funeral.
(c) Planning their new house.
(d) Making flower arrangements for the funeral.

5. What is the name of the story Lark reads to Hilly?
(a) Bedtime for Bitsy.
(b) Peter Pan.
(c) Lilly and the Lost Ladybug.
(d) Peggy Among the Pansies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lark get from Mr. Boomer?

2. What does Lark call the German woman who lives next door to Aunt Betty?

3. What is Grandma ironing while Mama reads a Life magazine at the kitchen table?

4. What is the name of Mrs. Grubb's dog?

5. What two words does Lark say have an ominous ring of finality?

(see the answer key)

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