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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 is Rita?
(a) Bernie's niece.
(b) Loretta's daughter.
(c) Loretta's friend.
(d) Howard's sister.

2. Who is Bernie Malin?
(a) One of Brock's friends.
(b) A boy Loretta has been seeing.
(c) Loretta's cousin.
(d) One of Loretta's father's friends.

3. How does Mrs. Wendall react to the barn fire?
(a) She assumes that it was a lightning strike.
(b) She is pleased to get the insurance money.
(c) She faints when she sees it.
(d) She whips the perpetrator with a stick.

4. In what city does most of the novel take place?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Boston.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

5. Howard leaves Loretta and their children to go where?
(a) To backpack across Europe.
(b) To move in with his mistress.
(c) To live with and care for his aging mother.
(d) To fight in World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Betty?

2. What happens to Jules on one of the nights when he runs away?

3. What type of school do Loretta's children attend?

4. How old is Loretta at the beginning of the novel?

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

(see the answer key)

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