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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Cora injured in the car accident in Chapter 11?
(a) Her leg is broken.
(b) Her ribs are broken.
(c) Her arm is broken.
(d) Her spleen is ruptured.

2. How many schools has Leni gone to in the past four years, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. What did Leni and her mother tend to while living in a commune, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Peach trees.
(c) Tomato farms.
(d) Beehives.

4. How many of every 1,000 Alaskans go missing each year, according to Large Marge in Chapter 3?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

5. What does Leni's mother slip her money for Leni to buy when they camp on the Spit in Chapter 3?
(a) School supplies.
(b) Film.
(c) Candy.
(d) Lemonade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Thorn Birds?

2. In Chapter 13, Large Marge says to Leni, "This will be a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing" (165). From what Shakespearean play is this line derived?

3. What actor from Love Story is mentioned in Chapter 10?

4. Where do Leni's parents buy beer when they camp on the Spit in Chapter 3?

5. What does Ernt teach Leni and Cora to do in Chapter 6?

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