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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Thatcher feel like as he departs Mrs. Treat's home for his own in the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) King Tut.
(d) Jesus.

2. What is ammonia otherwise called, according to Thatcher in Chapter 6?
(a) Hydrogen peroxide.
(b) Alkaline air.
(c) Acid nitride.
(d) Baking soda.

3. What author wrote about wax myrtle, having made a tallow as an experiment, according to Mary in Chapter 8?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Alfred Lord Tennyson.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Percy Shelley.

4. What year is noted in the letter from Charles Darwin to Mrs. Treat in Chapter 4?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1874.

5. What periodical has returned encouraging correspondence regarding Mary's idea for a series called "The Pines in All Seasons" in Chapter 8?
(a) Harper's Monthly.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) New York Magazine.
(d) The New Yorker.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month do Mary and Thatcher take their trip to the Pine Barrens in Chapter 8?

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

3. Where has Dr. Treat been rumored to have run off with a woman in Chapter 2?

4. Where do Mary and Thatcher exit the train "into a hive of overalled workers" in the opening of Chapter 8 (181)?

5. How old is Polly said to be in Chapter 2?

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