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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children of Silence, Chapters 11, 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Loretta go with her children while Howard is gone?
(a) To Texas, to start a new life.
(b) Nowhere; she stays with Mrs. Wendall.
(c) Back to Detroit.
(d) Overseas to be with Howard.

2. What year is it in Children of Silence, Chapter 9?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1945.

3. Who is Maureen?
(a) Mrs. Wendall's niece.
(b) Brock's aunt.
(c) Loretta's older daughter.
(d) Howard's sister.

4. What does Jules want to do with his own children?
(a) Live somewhere far away from Detroit.
(b) Give them opportunities that he never had.
(c) Ensure that they remember him when he is gone.
(d) Home-school them.

5. What does Jules dream of when looking at maps and books?
(a) Joining the circus.
(b) Getting away from Detroit one day.
(c) Becoming a pirate.
(d) Staying in Detroit to help his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jules focus on after his father's death?

2. What happens to Jules at school?

3. Who takes Mrs. Wendall to all of her appointments at the clinic?

4. Howard leaves Loretta and their children to go where?

5. How does Mrs. Wendall react to the barn fire?

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