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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Meggie leave school?
(a) Mary no longer wants to pay tuition at the school.
(b) Meggie is making poor grades.
(c) Meggie needs to help Paddy with the sheep.
(d) A pregnant Fiona cannot manage all of the housework.

2. Which character says that Frank is no better than the one who fathered him?
(a) Paddy.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Mary Carson.

3. Why does Mary Carson prefer to remain a widow?
(a) She will have to leave her home.
(b) Paddy will be jealous.
(c) She cannot find anyone she loves.
(d) If she remarries, all of her wealth becomes her husband's.

4. What does Mary Carson have difficulty keeping?
(a) Her bills paid.
(b) A doctor's appointment.
(c) A station manager.
(d) A date with the town doctor.

5. Why does Ralph ignore Meggie at Mary's birthday party?
(a) He is tired of her childish ways.
(b) To prevent rumors of a liaison.
(c) Paddy asks him to.
(d) He blames her for Hal's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do they bury Hal?

2. How many brothers and sisters does Fiona have?

3. Which brother always seems to be Meggie's champion?

4. What does Ralph stop just short of explaining to Meggie?

5. What does Frank participate in while touring the midway with Meggie and Ralph?

(see the answer key)

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