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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jonathan tell his wife?
(a) That Cordelia is the one who helps him get into college.
(b) That Jonathan wants a divorce.
(c) That he is planning to start farming again.
(d) That Cordelia was married to his best friend, who is now deceased.

2. What is odd about Mrs. Eltwing?
(a) She does not seem to know Jonathan very well.
(b) She is almost six feet tall.
(c) She is only four foot, two inches tall.
(d) Mrs. Eltwing seems very childlike in her eating and speech.

3. What will happen if Julie continues to help her boyfriend?
(a) She might have to be put in another English class.
(b) Brett will get a good grade while Julie will fail.
(c) Brett will fail the class, and Julie will be sent to the dean's office for punishment.
(d) Nothing; she makes him do the writing.

4. What role does Aunt Cordelia now play in Julie's life?
(a) None.
(b) Disciplinarian.
(c) Guardian and schoolteacher.
(d) Mother.

5. Of what is Julie not convinced?
(a) That Bill really cares what Julie thinks.
(b) That she still has a prominent place in Laura's life.
(c) That Bill loves Laura as much as Julie does.
(d) That Laura is really that uncomfortable in her pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Haskell applaud?

2. About what does Brett seem most upset?

3. What are two of Aunt Cordelia's traits?

4. Why does Julie feel vulnerable?

5. Why is the little school where Cordelia teaches being closed?

(see the answer key)

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