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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) Drugs and alcohol.
(b) Going to the movies.
(c) Running away repeatedly.
(d) Going to the library.

2. What year is it in Children of Silence, Chapter 9?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1945.

3. Why is the person Loretta goes to unable to help her?
(a) Because her husband doesn't welcome strangers.
(b) Because they are in the hospital.
(c) Because they have no place to live themselves.
(d) Because they are already living in someone else's home.

4. Why does Maureen enjoy the library so much?
(a) There is a librarian there that she has a crush on.
(b) She associates the stillness with a life she hopes to someday have away from her family.
(c) She knows an education is the key to rising out of poverty.
(d) She hopes to meet a man there who can take her away from her family.

5. Where is Howard living, after the war?
(a) In Detroit, with Loretta.
(b) On the streets.
(c) With another relative.
(d) At home with his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Wendall react to the barn fire?

2. What does Loretta do every night while waiting for Pat to come home?

3. What does Loretta do after Mrs. Wendall is gone?

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

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

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