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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children of Silence, Chapters 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who burns down the barn?
(a) Loretta.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Betty.
(d) Jules.

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

4. What does Jules dream of when looking at maps and books?
(a) Becoming a pirate.
(b) Staying in Detroit to help his mother.
(c) Joining the circus.
(d) Getting away from Detroit one day.

5. How do the children react to Howard's death?
(a) Jules is devastated, but the girls show little emotion.
(b) They show little emotion.
(c) They are all devastated.
(d) Betty is the only one who is upset about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rita?

2. Who is Betty?

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

4. Why is the person Loretta goes to unable to help her?

5. What happens to Maureen's notebook?

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