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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rita learn during the book according to the narrator?
(a) Small town ways.
(b) Friendship.
(c) How to be a wife.
(d) Farming.

2. Where does Rita hope to work after having her baby?
(a) The college.
(b) A publisher.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A newspaper.

3. What is surprising about the pie served when Rita comes to dinner?
(a) It was made with Swiss chard.
(b) It was too tart.
(c) It was too hot.
(d) It was made with sugar beets.

4. What does the narrator say is her worst trait?
(a) She is very nosy.
(b) She can be too impulsive.
(c) She can't keep her mouth shut.
(d) She tries too hard.

5. Why should Velma not stay with her gentleman friend?
(a) He is married.
(b) He has a disease.
(c) She is underage.
(d) She is married.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ella react when the body of her husband is found?

2. What state is this book set in?

3. Why is Queenie not happy about the family camping on her land?

4. What makes Queenie feel better after her attack?

5. Who does the narrator describe as impulsive?

(see the answer key)

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