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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "What happens to a dream ___________?"
(a) crushed
(b) that dies
(c) deferred
(d) realized

3. The thought of _________________ convinces Mattie to go with Butch.
(a) fresh cane molasses
(b) kissing Butch
(c) fresh herbs for dinner
(d) defying her mother

4. Why does the author use these literary elements?
(a) To help the reader understand
(b) To make the book easier to read
(c) To make the book more entertaining
(d) To make the book more appealing to more people

5. Whose funeral is Eugene going to attend?
(a) His best friend's
(b) His mother's
(c) His baby daughter's
(d) His ex-wife's

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Basil at the beginning of this chapter?

2. What does Mattie tell her father about the father of her unborn child?

3. What does Cora Lee refer to as "the thing in the dark"?

4. What does Basil tell Mattie?

5. About what does Mattie secretly wonder?

(see the answer key)

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