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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fingers do the illiterate students think are on a hand?
(a) One.
(b) All of these.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. How did the Halloween trip help Pat Conroy's standing on the island?
(a) It made him an outcast.
(b) It helped him assimilate.
(c) The women started to love him.
(d) It lost him friends.

3. Who in South Carolina sent the kids letters after their Halloween trip?
(a) Girls.
(b) All of these.
(c) Host families.
(d) Boys.

4. What happens to the mother of Oscar, Fred, and Prophet in Chapter 9?
(a) She dies.
(b) She is shot in the foot.
(c) She gets bit by a snake.
(d) She drowns in the river.

5. What animal bites Pat Conroy in Chapter 5?
(a) A dog.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Pat Conroy and Barbara get married?

2. Beaufort friends warn Pat Conroy against befriending who?

3. What do the kids call Leonard Bernstein?

4. What sport goes violently wrong when Pat Conroy tries to teach it?

5. Which Italian character sang as part of his lesson to the kids?

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