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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 In a Stranger's Backyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl's brother want to be when he grows up?
(a) An astronaut.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A professor.
(d) A jockey.

2. Who took the boy's father away in the middle of the night?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The local sheriff.
(c) The local police.
(d) The FBI.

3. What does the girl throw out the train window?
(a) Ribbon.
(b) Book.
(c) Cup.
(d) Lemon.

4. What has happened to the family possessions locked away in a room of the house?
(a) Most of the items are there.
(b) They are all there.
(c) They have been stolen.
(d) They are all broken.

5. Who is the only one of his friends who writes to the boy?
(a) Ted.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The girl has a collection of __________________ from her father.

2. Where is the Tanforan Horse Racing Track located?

3. What news arrives via telegram one day?

4. Why can the father not work in the company he had worked for before?

5. Why does the mother have a hard time finding a job?

(see the answer key)

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