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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 Mrs. Wendall live after Howard's death?
(a) She continues to live with Loretta and her new husband.
(b) She goes to a funeral home.
(c) She goes to live with one of her other children.
(d) She goes to live with a relative in the country.

2. What is Maureen's method of escape?
(a) Going to the movies.
(b) Drugs and alcohol.
(c) Going to the library.
(d) Running away repeatedly.

3. Why is the person Loretta goes to unable to help her?
(a) Because they have no place to live themselves.
(b) Because her husband doesn't welcome strangers.
(c) Because they are already living in someone else's home.
(d) Because they are in the hospital.

4. What are the rumors circulating about Loretta at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) Her father has been arrested.
(c) She associates herself with the wrong kind of boys.
(d) She is an alcoholic.

5. What happens to Jules at school?
(a) He is suspended for starting a fight.
(b) He is paddled by a teacher.
(c) He falls in love with a nun.
(d) He is beaten up for trying to steal someone's lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Maureen?

2. Where is Mrs. Wendall living?

3. How is Howard killed?

4. What does Loretta discover when she visits her father after moving away?

5. What does Mrs. Wendall say about Jules's future?

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