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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To Whose Country Have I Come? Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of relationship does Betty have with her brother and sister?
(a) All three of them are very close.
(b) Betty is close to Maureen, but not to Jules.
(c) Betty is close to Jules, but not to Maureen.
(d) Betty isn't close to either of her siblings.

2. What does Jules focus on after his father's death?
(a) Trying to set his mother up with a good man.
(b) Getting good grades, to be able to attend college.
(c) Making money to escape his life of poverty.
(d) Becoming the man of the family.

3. What does Loretta do every night while waiting for Pat to come home?
(a) Does dishes.
(b) Reads.
(c) Darns socks.
(d) Goes to bed.

4. What happens to Jules at school?
(a) He falls in love with a nun.
(b) He is suspended for starting a fight.
(c) He is paddled by a teacher.
(d) He is beaten up for trying to steal someone's lunch.

5. Why does Bernard give Jules three hundred dollars?
(a) For a new car.
(b) For a haircut, a suit, and groceries for his mother.
(c) So Jules can go to Texas.
(d) So Jules can pay off a debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it in Children of Silence, Chapter 9?

2. What is Maureen's method of escape?

3. Where does Loretta go with her children while Howard is gone?

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

5. How does the barn fire start?

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