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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 type of child is Betty?
(a) Independent and responsible.
(b) A child of the streets at an early age.
(c) Helpful and cooperative around the house.
(d) Cheerful and loving.

2. How does the barn fire start?
(a) Sunlight hitting a convex piece of glass.
(b) A magic trick gone awry.
(c) Embers from a campfire.
(d) A cigarette butt that isn't extinguished.

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

4. What happens to Bernie?
(a) His sister is kidnapped.
(b) He contracts a terminal illness.
(c) He is shot and killed.
(d) He is hit by a car and killed.

5. How does Loretta make money to support herself and her children?
(a) She sings at a local nightclub.
(b) She waits tables at a local diner.
(c) She becomes a prostitute.
(d) She sells drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jules almost killed in Children of Silence, Chapter 9?

2. Where is Howard living, after the war?

3. Who is Pat Furlong?

4. Who is Brock, in relation to Loretta?

5. During what years does the novel take place?

(see the answer key)

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