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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children of Silence, Chapters 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who watches Loretta's children while Loretta goes out to make money?
(a) Jules cares for himself and the two girls.
(b) Loretta brings them to work with her.
(c) Brock watches them.
(d) Mrs. Wendall watches them.

2. Why is Howard fired from his job?
(a) The company was sold.
(b) Chronic tardiness.
(c) Poor attendance.
(d) Corrupt behavior.

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

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

5. What does Loretta discover when she visits her father after moving away?
(a) That he is missing.
(b) That he has gotten remarried.
(c) That he has been killed.
(d) That he has been institutionalized.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does most of the novel take place?

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

3. What kind of a child is Jules?

4. Who is Jules?

5. What is Loretta forced to do as payment for Howard's help?

(see the answer key)

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