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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pat Conroy is required to get permission to leave school during recess from who?
(a) The mayor.
(b) His wife.
(c) The president.
(d) The superintendent.

2. Where did the children compete for prizes during Halloween?
(a) At an apple bobbing contest.
(b) From the local lottery.
(c) The newspaper contest.
(d) At school carnival booths.

3. To Pat Conroy, what makes the Skimberry's interesting people?
(a) Their long hair.
(b) Their lack of pretense.
(c) Their support of the war.
(d) Their scientific abilities.

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

5. Pat Conroy hangs a poster of which classical artist on the classroom wall?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Brahms.
(d) James Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is Cindy Lou's favorite?

2. Where does Bernie Schein get shipped to?

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

4. Who is a "poetess of profanity?"

5. Why does Mrs. Brown make Pat Conroy principal of the school?

(see the answer key)

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