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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the home located that Willa's family has inherited?
(a) Vineland.
(b) Manchester.
(c) New Brunswick.
(d) Silverton.

2. What problem does Willa encounter at the doctor's office in Chapter 5?
(a) The doctor has been laid off work.
(b) They will not accept the family insurance.
(c) Nick is kicked out for being violent toward the staff.
(d) The nurse refuses to speak to Willa due to shared history.

3. Where did Willa's family live prior to inheriting the house?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Washington.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Nevada.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Iano's mother's name?

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

3. Who is Thatcher's employer at the school with whom he has just met in Chapter 4?

4. How long does the narrator say Willa had spent in Boston in Chapter 3?

5. In what field does Iano have a PhD?

(see the answer key)

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