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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jack looking at in the garden in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Gutted and abandoned pre-fab.
(b) Julie sunbathing.
(c) His book.
(d) A dead frog.

2. What does Jack do after the ambulance takes his father?
(a) Smoothes the concrete ripple caused by his father.
(b) Goes to eat lunch.
(c) Follows the ambulance on foot.
(d) Hitches a ride to the hospital with a neighbor.

3. How much did the item cost that Tom is wearing as Sue and Julie laugh?
(a) 2 pounds.
(b) 38 pounds.
(c) 120 pounds.
(d) 9 pounds.

4. What is Sue's hobby?
(a) Reading.
(b) Praying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Drawing.

5. Who says there should be a funeral for Mother?
(a) Sue.
(b) Julie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does young Jack fake illness to leave school?

2. Why does Jack think one of the girls has been in the cellar when he goes there in Chapter 7?

3. Who is mad to find that Mother has been sick for a while?

4. Why don't the children bury Mother in their garden?

5. Which child actually brings friends home to play?

(see the answer key)

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