View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author want the reader to understand?
(a) What she went through to write this book
(b) What she is trying to convey about the characters
(c) What she hopes to achieve in life
(d) What she experienced as a girl

2. The new tenants "clung to the _______________ with a desperate acceptance."
(a) building
(b) culture
(c) religion
(d) streets

3. What was Mattie doing when Butch Fuller flirted with her as a girl?
(a) Feeding the chickens
(b) Planting flowers
(c) Hanging out the laundry
(d) Washing the car

4. What does the Opening Poem tell the reader the book will be about?
(a) Marriage and divorce
(b) World peace
(c) Dreams unrealized
(d) Guilty pleasures

5. What is one of the literary elements that the author uses throughout the book?
(a) Historical documents
(b) Documentaries
(c) Newspaper articles
(d) Poetry

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Ben sing when he is drinking?

2. Who is the story about?

3. What does Mattie's father do to her to coerce her to name the baby's father?

4. How is the information about the characters to be presented?

5. What does Mattie carry as she and Butch walk to the field?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 221 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample