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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catherine plans to take how many months of maternity leave after Iris is born?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

2. Which element is NOT a part of Eli's bedtime routine?
(a) A clasping of hands.
(b) A request to hear a happy thought.
(c) A kiss.
(d) An account of his day.

3. The last stop the family makes in Washington, D.C. is a visit to what kind of museum?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Art.
(c) Spy.
(d) Science.

4. Chapter One of the novel takes place on the cusp of which two seasons?
(a) Spring and summer.
(b) Summer and fall.
(c) Winter and spring.
(d) Fall and winter.

5. Lizzie refers to Eli's obsessive thoughts with the use of which term?
(a) Skipping.
(b) Fixating.
(c) Puzzling.
(d) Looping.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Lizzie notices that spikes have been installed at the top of the the playground fence to keep out what creatures?

3. Margot tells Lizzie that her hair went gray the year that what other event occurred?

4. Lizzie feels a "surge of" (104) what toward the very pregnant Catherine in Chapter Two?

5. At the end of Chapter Three, Lizzie thinks of people who secretly keep what types of creatures in their small apartments, sometimes for years, or even decades?

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