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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. How does the boy know that his mother is depressed?
(a) She yells at him all the time.
(b) She won't get out of bed.
(c) She won't eat anything.
(d) She doesn't pay any attention to him.

2. Which of the following does the boy's mother NOT warn him about?
(a) Don't chew with your mouth full.
(b) Don't talk to the guards.
(c) Don't say the emperor's name out loud.
(d) Don't stare at the sun.

3. What does the boy listen to on the radio at night?
(a) Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show.
(b) War reports.
(c) Hit Parade music show.
(d) The Little Orphan Annie Show.

4. What advice does the boy receive from his father in a letter?
(a) Stay the course.
(b) The early bird gets the worm.
(c) Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
(d) It is better to bend than to break.

5. What does the boy sometimes wonder about why his father was sent away and the rest of the family sent to the desert?
(a) If his father and mother were divorced.
(b) If the boy did something wrong.
(c) If his father didn't love him anymore.
(d) If his father was really sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the boy's father held after his arrest?

2. How old is the woman?

3. What does a little girl offer to give the girl on the train?

4. The boy has a picture of whom fastened to the wall?

5. What is geta?

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