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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Zeke having business meetings in Chapter 9?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Dallas.

2. When she was in eighth grade, Willa argued with her teacher that Cat Stevens was the modern-day equivalent of what poet?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Percy Shelley.
(d) Walt Whitman.

3. Who is helping feed Nick when Willa arrives at the hospital in Chapter 9?
(a) Tig.
(b) Clara.
(c) Selma.
(d) Zeke.

4. In the conclusion of Chapter 14, Thatcher says to Carruth's family, "Men like your father may have" what (384)?
(a) "God's saving grace."
(b) "An ideal."
(c) "Fortunes hidden in rafters."
(d) "Unexpected reserves."

5. Whose writings does Willa refer to as her "new Bible" in Chapter 9 (232)?
(a) Mark Twain's.
(b) Thatcher Greenwood's.
(c) Asa Gray's.
(d) Mary Treat's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Nick been hospitalized in Chapter 9?

2. Who is the janitor that announces someone has been shot in the beginning of Chapter 14?

3. Who has shot Carruth in Chapter 14?

4. At approximately what time does Gwen appear at Willa's door in Chapter 9?

5. Who is the social worker who suggested Willa look into getting the family on Medicaid in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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