Where the Crawdads Sing Quizzes

Where the Crawdads Sing Quiz Prologue - Chapter 10

1 Why does Kya's mother leave the marsh?
She believes ghost stories about the marsh

She catches malaria

Her husband is abusive

She wants to pursue a career in acting
2 Why does Kya believe her mother will not return?
She took the baby with her

She left a note saying she was going for good

She fought back against her husband

She left wearing her good shoes and carrying a suitcase
3 What advice does Jodie give Kya when he leaves?
Move out of the marsh at the first chance

Leave Pa the first chance she gets

Avoid the parts of the marsh with mosquitoes

If anyone comes looking for her, hide in the marsh
4 Where does Pa get his income?
Selling "drum likker" in town

Selling Ma's paintings of the marsh

Gambling with other men in the marsh

Disability checks
5 Why does Kya keep the house clean without being asked?
She is afraid of Pa's wrath if the house is dirty

Jodie told her the only way to keep sickness at bay is to keep the house clean

She wants to impress the Child Service Agents who visit the house

She believes Ma's return is imminent
6 According to Kya, why does Chase Andrews have the "snazziest" bike?
He is a known shoplifter

Chase bullies his friends into giving him the nicest toys

The bike is a birthday present from his uncle, a senator

His parents own the Western Auto, and are thus wealthy
7 Why doesn't Sheriff Jackson usually venture into the marsh?
He doesn't want to interfere with "rats killing rats"

He is afraid of wild animals

The marsh is outside of his jurisdiction

The people living in the marsh would kill him
8 Why does Sheriff Jackson initially suspect foul play in Chase's death?
Chase had visible wounds on his face

Chase left no footprints

Chase's wedding ring was missing

The break in Chase's leg couldn't have been from a fall into the marsh
9 Why aren't the school authorities concerned that Kya has no registered date of birth?
Marsh people tend to only go to school for a few months before they are forgotten

Kya makes up a birthday

Kya is clearly old enough to go to school

According to protocol, the school assigns the child's first day of school as their birthday
10 Why does Kya agree to go to school?
Miss Culpepper suggests that if Kya goes to school, she might be adopted one day

Kya wants to learn to read her mother's books

Miss Culpepper promises her a free lunch, and Kya is starving

Kya wants an adult to take care of her and tell her what to do
11 How does Kya respond when the school truant officers return?
Cheated out of her lunch, Kya berates the truant officer

Thrilled at being offered an education, Kya goes with the officer willingly

Traumatized by social rejection, Kya hides in the marsh

Despite their promises, the officer never returns
12 How does Kya treat her injury?
She soaks her foot in seawater and covers the wound in mud

She lets Pa remove the splinter with rusted tweezers

She runs into town and begs for a tetanus shot

She sucks the snake venom from the wound
13 Why does Joe Purdue believe someone had motive to kill Chase Andrews?
Chase was a chronic alcoholic

Chase took out shady loans for his family business

Chase was a known gambler

Chase was a known philanderer
14 Why does Kya decide to trust and befriend Tate?
Tate understood what it was like to lose a parent

Tate conducted himself with calmness

Tate was friends with Jodie

Tate was good at fishing
15 What is the first gift Pa gives Kya?
Her mother's rings

A fishing rod

A warm coat

His army knapsack
16 Why does Pa stop taking Kya fishing?
Kya accidentally damages the boat motor

Pa realizes Kya took the boat without his permission

Pa disagrees with Kya and Tate's friendship

He receives a letter from Ma that upsets him
17 How is Mrs. Teresa White prejudiced against Kya?
She believes Kya is stupid because she is illiterate

She believes "swamp people" are dirty and bring diseases to town

She believes Kya is going to hell because she doesn't attend church

She believes Kya wants to kidnap her daughter
18 Why does the sheriff consider Chase's autopsy report "negative data"?
Chase's body was too decomposed to do a full autopsy

The only information is the supposed time of death

The DNA testing revealed that the body wasn't Chase

The report reveals Chase died of a heart attack, ruling out foul play
19 Why does Pa resent his living situation?
He dropped out of college to raise Kya and her siblings, who then deserted him

He is descended from English nobility

He believes Ma "took the easy way out" by leaving

His family was wealthy before losing everything in the Depression
20 Why does Pa warn Kya not to talk to Tate?
He believes people in the woods are "white trash"

He doesn't want anyone around who reminds him of Jodie

He doesn't want Kya and Tate to get romantically involved

He knows Tate was involved in his mother's death
21 Why does Tate's father, Scupper, believe poetry is important?
Because knowing poetry is the "mark of a true gentleman"

Because poetry makes the reader "feel something"

Because poetry expresses truths people are "afraid to say plain"

Because poetry is "art you can speak"
22 Why does Tate avoid looking at photographs of his mother and sister?
He regrets leaving them to live in the marsh

He believes if it wasn't for him, they would still be around

He is uncomfortable that his sister was implicated in a crime

He hates his mother for abandoning the family
23 Why do the diners look at Kya and Pa with discomfort and disdain?
Since Kya does not attend school or church, they think she is evil

They believe people from the marsh are "filthy" and ignorant

Pa is notorious for "dining and dashing"

They believe Kya was involved in Chase's murder
24 According to Kya's memories, which words best describe Ma?
Fun-loving and refined

Mercurial and depressed

Strong-willed and empowered

Cold and resentful
25 What does Kya do with the remains of her mother's letter?
She throws the ashes over the water, like scattering remains

She pieces the fragments together until she can read it

She collects the ashes in a small jar

She cooks the ashes into cornbread and eats it