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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the fresh food Julie buys for the family?
(a) She burns it when cooking.
(b) They eat it all quickly.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) It rots.

2. Who does not cry as they wait to tell the others about Mother's death?
(a) Julie.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jack.
(d) Sue.

3. Who runs out of the room crying when the dead mother rolls out of bed?
(a) Sue.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jack.
(d) Julie.

4. Who does most of the talking when Derek comes to dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Jack.
(b) Tom and Sue.
(c) Sue and Julie.
(d) Derek.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men show up at Jack's house with a delivery?

2. Who is Julie holding when Jack returns from the pool hall?

3. Who tells Jack to stop his activity in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. Where do Jack and Julie put Mother's body?

5. While in the cellar in Chapter 7, what is it that Jack has forgotten?

(see the answer key)

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