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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Matthew say his mother has been reading since Christmas in Chapter 5?
(a) Another Roadside Attraction.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Fellowship of the Ring.
(d) The Call of the Wild.

2. Where in Alaska do Leni and her family arrive to take the ferry to their new home?
(a) Homer.
(b) Anchorage.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Fairbanks.

3. What novel is sitting next to Leni on her bed in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Watership Down.
(b) The Grapes of Wrath.
(c) The Hobbit.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

4. To whom is the following quote from the novel's opening credited? "Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves" (6).
(a) John Muir.
(b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

5. What is described as Leni's most treasured possession in Chapter 3?
(a) Her necklace.
(b) Her stopwatch.
(c) Her bracelet.
(d) Her camera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Matthew's mother's boyfriend?

2. Where was Ernt's father a rancher?

3. What is Leni's last name?

4. In what month does Chapter 8 begin?

5. The narrator notes in Chapter 1 that one thing everyone is angry about these day is gas prices. What is the cost of gas described as?

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