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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Home is Where the Heart Is (pages 116-236).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruby do when Mack strikes her with the claw-stick?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Hits him with her trunk.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Falls to her knees.

2. Who gives Ivan finger paints?
(a) George.
(b) Mack.
(c) Julia.
(d) Helen.

3. Who is Gerald?
(a) Ivan's favorite keeper.
(b) Stella's trainer.
(c) The mall custodian.
(d) The circus ringmaster.

4. According to Stella, why are elephants superior to apes?
(a) Because they are stronger than apes.
(b) Because they are larger than apes.
(c) Because they are smarter than apes.
(d) Because they feel more joy and more grief than apes.

5. What does Ivan draw with the yellow crayon?
(a) A sunflower.
(b) The sun.
(c) A banana.
(d) A butterfly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game is Ivan's twin sister named after?

2. Ivan compares Stella to what item found in nature?

3. What makes George's cheeks wet in the section 'Home is Where the Heart Is'?

4. What causes Stella's death?

5. After Ruby's nightmare, what does Ivan do at night?

(see the answer key)

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