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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 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.

2. What does Ernt teach Leni and Cora to do in Chapter 6?
(a) To hoe the garden.
(b) To fish.
(c) To shoot a rifle.
(d) To smoke salmon.

3. What do Leni and her family decorate their Christmas tree with in Chapter 8?
(a) Apples and oranges.
(b) Glass ornaments from Seattle.
(c) Photos and fishing lures.
(d) Popcorn and cookies.

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

5. What name is on the mailbox at the home in the affluent neighborhood where Leni's mother drives her in Chapter 2?
(a) Williams.
(b) Watkins.
(c) Walker.
(d) Golliher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ernt's father a rancher?

2. Why does Ernt become violent toward Cora in Chapter 9?

3. What paperbook is Leni holding when she awakens in the backseat of the car in Chapter 3?

4. How does Matthew's mother die in Chapter 8?

5. To whom is the following quote from the novel's opening credited? "Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves" (6).

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