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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers does Beth Pinker have?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

2. In Chapter 6, what did Beth promise to buy Bryn if he ran errands for her?
(a) Lemon drops.
(b) Tootsie Rolls.
(c) Peppermints.
(d) Licorice.

3. How long was the voyage Bennett and Alice took to the United States after they married?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 6 days.

4. How long had the miners' shacks been standing in Chapter 5?
(a) 29 years.
(b) 40-odd years.
(c) About 35 years.
(d) 43 years.

5. In Chapter 4, what did Alice leave for Jim Horner?
(a) 3 books and a magazine.
(b) 2 magazines and 3 books.
(c) 4 books and a magazine.
(d) 3 magazines and 4 books.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how far away could the sounds of the Hoffman Mining Company be heard before the mine could be seen?

2. When was a law created that called for segregated libraries for different races?

3. How long did Sophia Kenworth work at the colored library in Louisville?

4. How long after Margery's sister Virginia married, did their mother die?

5. How many homes were in the Lynch coal camp?

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