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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does Mary tell Mr. Foggett to return and collect them from the Pine Barrens in Chapter 8?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 4:00.
(c) 3:00.
(d) 5:00.

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. How is Captain Landis's wife widely described as being, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Domineering.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Assertive.
(d) Fragile.

4. For how long have Thatcher and Rose Greenwood been married when they are introduced in the novel in Chapter 2?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gwen say she came to Willa and Iano's home in Chapter 9?

2. What does "SIDS" refer to in the narrative?

3. Why does Thatcher go to Mrs. Treat's home for the first time in Chapter 4?

4. What had Tig been earning a degree in before leaving college?

5. Who is Leverett Dunwiddie's father?

(see the answer key)

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