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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Mattie lightly chide Cora Lee?
(a) Learning to cook
(b) Taking voice lessons
(c) Cutting her hair
(d) Stop making babies

2. What does Basil tell Mattie?
(a) He needs money
(b) The store is out of strawberries
(c) He needs a ride home
(d) He has killed a man

3. What did Mattie's father do when she was sick?
(a) Took her to the emergency room
(b) Took her to the clinic
(c) Sat with her for 24 hours a day for a week
(d) Made herbal tea for her

4. What does Cora Lee believe to be the reason for her problems with caseworkers and other people?
(a) Her neighbors being nosy
(b) Her children not behaving
(c) Her parents abandoning her
(d) Her boyfriends always leaving

5. What does Mattie discover when she returns from work?
(a) Basil is asleep
(b) Basil has supper ready
(c) Basil has cleaned the house
(d) Basil is gone

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main motivation in Cora Lee's life?

2. What fact does Mattie refuse to accept?

3. What does Basil want from Mattie?

4. What does Mattie do for Basil this evening?

5. What does Mattie's father want the answer to #55 to do?

(see the answer key)

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