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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. At school the teachers and other students are polite but ______________.
(a) angry.
(b) confused.
(c) distant.
(d) noncommittal.

2. What does the boy say that his father is fond of?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Baseball games.
(c) His pipe.
(d) Nice suits.

3. When the boy's sister comes in at night she smells like __________________.
(a) after-shave lotion.
(b) horses.
(c) beer.
(d) cigarettes.

4. Why does the boy's sister wear a Panama hat?
(a) So people will talk about her.
(b) So people won't recognize her.
(c) So she feels very stylish.
(d) So her face won't get too tan.

5. The boy has a picture of whom fastened to the wall?
(a) Joe DiMaggio.
(b) Little Orphan Annie.
(c) Superman.
(d) Mickey Mouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT true about the family's experience at Tanforan Racetrack?

2. How often does the girl's father write letters to the family?

3. Which one in the family is a good artist?

4. What does the boy's mother ration?

5. Why can the girl not eat the oranges on the train?

(see the answer key)

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