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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lizzie once took Eli along on one of Sylvia's excursions, they went to what type of location?
(a) A marsh.
(b) A plateau.
(c) A meadowland.
(d) A reservoir.

2. Lizzie discusses with Henry the rigid naming laws in which country?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Sweden.
(d) France.

3. Sylvia told Lizzie during the excursion with Eli that, "Children cannot abide" (96) what?
(a) Silence.
(b) Orders.
(c) Waiting.
(d) Vistas.

4. When Lizzie gives an example of Sylvia's former optimism, she discusses a time when someone asked her a question about what element?
(a) Dismay.
(b) Shame.
(c) Gag reflex.
(d) Applause.

5. The townspeople featured in the epigraph of Weather: A Novel declare themselves to be what entities?
(a) Saints.
(b) Angels.
(c) Tycoons.
(d) Demons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry gets a job working for what kind of company in Chapter One?

2. When Lizzie invokes a saying usually applied to the Holocaust, what creature does she use to direct the quote's focus toward humans' destruction of the planet?

3. Lizzie notices signs around the library suggesting that viewers take what action?

4. Lizzie finds out in Chapter One that she has osteoarthritis in which part of her body?

5. Sylvia uses what type of insect in an illustration of the concept of interconnectedness?

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