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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. What are Maureen's responsibilities on a daily basis?
(a) Cooking, housework, and her own schoolwork.
(b) Going to work, because she does not attend school.
(c) Only her schoolwork.
(d) Going to work and completing her schoolwork.

2. How does Maureen feel about her parents?
(a) She loves them, and pities them.
(b) She loves them, and is happy at home.
(c) She hates them for keeping the family mired in poverty.
(d) She admires them for their hard work.

3. To whom does Loretta go for help while Howard is gone?
(a) Her father.
(b) Bernie.
(c) Brock.
(d) Rita.

4. What is Loretta forced to do as payment for Howard's help?
(a) She has to sleep with him.
(b) She has to pay him back within a month.
(c) She has to take care of his dying mother.
(d) She has to marry his nephew.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Howard killed?

2. Who is Pat Furlong?

3. What does Jules struggle with after Howard's funeral?

4. Who is the first major character to be introduced?

5. What happens to Maureen's notebook?

(see the answer key)

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