Where the Crawdads Sing Quizzes

Where the Crawdads Sing Quiz Prologue - Chapter 10

1 Why does Kya's mother leave the marsh?
Her husband is abusive

She catches malaria

She believes ghost stories about the marsh

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 left wearing her good shoes and carrying a suitcase

She fought back against her husband
3 What advice does Jodie give Kya when he leaves?
Avoid the parts of the marsh with mosquitoes

Leave Pa the first chance she gets

Move out of the marsh at the first chance

If anyone comes looking for her, hide in the marsh
4 Where does Pa get his income?
Gambling with other men in the marsh

Selling "drum likker" in town

Disability checks

Selling Ma's paintings of the marsh
5 Why does Kya keep the house clean without being asked?
She believes Ma's return is imminent

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

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
6 According to Kya, why does Chase Andrews have the "snazziest" bike?
His parents own the Western Auto, and are thus wealthy

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

Chase bullies his friends into giving him the nicest toys

He is a known shoplifter
7 Why doesn't Sheriff Jackson usually venture into the marsh?
The people living in the marsh would kill him

He is afraid of wild animals

He doesn't want to interfere with "rats killing rats"

The marsh is outside of his jurisdiction
8 Why does Sheriff Jackson initially suspect foul play in Chase's death?
Chase left no footprints

Chase's wedding ring was missing

Chase had visible wounds on his face

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?
Kya makes up a birthday

According to protocol, the school assigns the child's first day of school as their birthday

Kya is clearly old enough to go to school

Marsh people tend to only go to school for a few months before they are forgotten
10 Why does Kya agree to go to school?
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

Kya wants to learn to read her mother's books

Miss Culpepper suggests that if Kya goes to school, she might be adopted one day
11 How does Kya respond when the school truant officers return?
Despite their promises, the officer never returns

Traumatized by social rejection, Kya hides in the marsh

Cheated out of her lunch, Kya berates the truant officer

Thrilled at being offered an education, Kya goes with the officer willingly
12 How does Kya treat her injury?
She sucks the snake venom from the wound

She runs into town and begs for a tetanus shot

She soaks her foot in seawater and covers the wound in mud

She lets Pa remove the splinter with rusted tweezers
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 philanderer

Chase was a known gambler
14 Why does Kya decide to trust and befriend Tate?
Tate was friends with Jodie

Tate understood what it was like to lose a parent

Tate was good at fishing

Tate conducted himself with calmness
15 What is the first gift Pa gives Kya?
Her mother's rings

His army knapsack

A warm coat

A fishing rod
16 Why does Pa stop taking Kya fishing?
Pa realizes Kya took the boat without his permission

Kya accidentally damages the boat motor

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 wants to kidnap her daughter

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
18 Why does the sheriff consider Chase's autopsy report "negative data"?
The report reveals Chase died of a heart attack, ruling out foul play

The only information is the supposed time of death

Chase's body was too decomposed to do a full autopsy

The DNA testing revealed that the body wasn't Chase
19 Why does Pa resent his living situation?
He is descended from English nobility

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

He dropped out of college to raise Kya and her siblings, who then deserted him

His family was wealthy before losing everything in the Depression
20 Why does Pa warn Kya not to talk to Tate?
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

He believes people in the woods are "white trash"
21 Why does Tate's father, Scupper, believe poetry is important?
Because poetry is "art you can speak"

Because poetry makes the reader "feel something"

Because knowing poetry is the "mark of a true gentleman"

Because poetry expresses truths people are "afraid to say plain"
22 Why does Tate avoid looking at photographs of his mother and sister?
He hates his mother for abandoning the family

He is uncomfortable that his sister was implicated in a crime

He regrets leaving them to live in the marsh

He believes if it wasn't for him, they would still be around
23 Why do the diners look at Kya and Pa with discomfort and disdain?
They believe people from the marsh are "filthy" and ignorant

They believe Kya was involved in Chase's murder

Pa is notorious for "dining and dashing"

Since Kya does not attend school or church, they think she is evil
24 According to Kya's memories, which words best describe Ma?
Strong-willed and empowered

Cold and resentful

Fun-loving and refined

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

She collects the ashes in a small jar

She cooks the ashes into cornbread and eats it

She pieces the fragments together until she can read it