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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Rose's mother?
(a) Polly.
(b) Wilhemena.
(c) Aurelia.
(d) Sarah.

2. Where do Mary and Thatcher exit the train "into a hive of overalled workers" in the opening of Chapter 8 (181)?
(a) Bethany.
(b) Barstow.
(c) Batsto.
(d) Branson.

3. What is the unfortunate news that Thatcher shares with Rose in Chapter 2?
(a) The house is beyond repair.
(b) He has been fired from his job.
(c) They are being forced to declare bankruptcy.
(d) He is going to divorce her.

4. What is the name of the cook in the Greenwood household in Chapter 2?
(a) Mrs. Duncan.
(b) Mrs. Brindle.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Cooke.

5. Whose barouche ran away and crashed, according to Polly in Chapter 2?
(a) Samuel Wilbeforce's.
(b) Pete Petrofaccio's.
(c) Mark Nailburne's.
(d) Pardon Crandall's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree does Thatcher associate with Polly?

2. What year is noted in the letter from Charles Darwin to Mrs. Treat in Chapter 4?

3. For how long have Thatcher and Rose Greenwood been married when they are introduced in the novel in Chapter 2?

4. What is Mrs. Treat's first name?

5. What literary device is found in the following sentence from Chapter 8? "The boots' brown tongues lolled, a pair of panting dogs" (183).

(see the answer key)

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