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

3. What does Loretta do after Mrs. Wendall is gone?
(a) Quits her job to care for her children.
(b) Moves the family into a smaller apartment.
(c) Gets a second job, to pay for the nursing home care.
(d) Rents Mrs. Wendall's room to a boarder.

4. What does Mrs. Wendall say about Jules's future?
(a) That he needs to go to school in order to get a good job.
(b) That he has to dress and behave as if he is richer than he is.
(c) That he will wind up in the electric chair, and Mrs. Wendall will pull the switch.
(d) That he will end up being a street-rat, just like his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years does the novel take place?

2. What are the rumors circulating about Loretta at the beginning of the novel?

3. Who is Maureen?

4. What position is Maureen elected to in school?

5. Where is Howard living, after the war?

(see the answer key)

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