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When Dad Killed Mom Trivia Quiz

This is an easy quiz on the book "When Dad Killed Mom" by Julius Lester. If you have read the book once or twice, these questions should be pretty easy. Good luck and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by Underthebridge. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Underthebridge

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
170,270

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
129

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. From whose point of view is the book told? Hint

Casey and Carl

Jenna and Jeremy

Bobby and Brooke

Holly and Hank

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Question 2 of 10

2. What did Eric, the father, use to kill Rachel, the mother? Hint

a gun

a knife

poison

a car

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was Eric's ex-wife? Hint

Karen

Katie

Katherine

Kylie

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Question 4 of 10

4. True or false? Eric wanted his children to testify at his trial.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. What does Eric NOT say about Rachel to make her look bad?
Hint

She was obsessive about him

That she was having an affair

That he thought she was sexually abusing their son

That she was going to take their children away from him

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was Jenna's boyfriend? Hint

Adam

Will

Tyler

Gregory

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Question 7 of 10

7. What kind of food does Jeremy not like to eat cold?
Hint

macaroni

bread

soup

pizza

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Question 8 of 10

8. What does Jeremy use at the trial to prove that Eric is lying?
Hint

A videotape

Rachel's diary

Audio from a fight between Rachel and Eric

A painting Rachel had painted

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was Eric's sentence?
Hint

Innocent

40 years in prison

Life in jail with the possibility of parole

Life in jail without the possibility of parole

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of Eric's and Karen's dead child? Hint

Jenna

Carl

Casey

Brooke

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From whose point of view is the book told?

Answer: Jenna and Jeremy

The book switches off from being told by Jenna, then Jeremy, and so on. Jeremy is a young boy in elementary school and Jenna is a girl in her teen years.

2. What did Eric, the father, use to kill Rachel, the mother?

Answer: a gun

Eric shot Rachel twice in broad daylight. He says he doesn't remember doing it.

3. Who was Eric's ex-wife?

Answer: Karen

Karen was friends with Rachel before Eric had met her. Eric and Rachel are both close to Karen.

4. True or false? Eric wanted his children to testify at his trial.

Answer: True

They end up not doing it, though.

5. What does Eric NOT say about Rachel to make her look bad?

Answer: She was obsessive about him

None of it was true except that she was thinking about taking Jeremy and Jenna away from him. He made up the rest as a reason of why he killed her.

6. Who was Jenna's boyfriend?

Answer: Gregory

Gregory first talked to Jenna when he found out that her mother had died. His father had committed suicide and he remembered that he didn't have anyone to talk to.

7. What kind of food does Jeremy not like to eat cold?

Answer: pizza

He may dislike these other foods cold but this was the only one it mentioned in the book.

8. What does Jeremy use at the trial to prove that Eric is lying?

Answer: Rachel's diary

Rachel kept a diary that Jeremy found in her art studio. He used it to keep Rachel's memory untainted.

9. What was Eric's sentence?

Answer: Life in jail without the possibility of parole

To Jenna, it's like her father is dead as well as her mother.

10. What was the name of Eric's and Karen's dead child?

Answer: Jenna

Eric killed her accidentally by running her over with a car. The Jenna in this story thought it was weird that she was named after a dead child. I hope you enjoyed this quiz!

Source: Author Underthebridge

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