Q 01/05

In Mare's War, what does Mare drive across the country with her two teenage granddaughters?

A) A silver sedan

B) A red sports car

C) A green station wagon

D) A black hatchback

Answer · why

B) A red sports car

A red sports car suits Mare, who also wears long fake nails and flippy auburn wigs. She is not ready to sit down and be old.

Q 02/05

In Mare's War, what does Mare lie about so that the Women's Army Corps will accept her?

A) Her age

B) Her name

C) Her hometown

D) Her schooling

Answer · why

A) Her age

Her age is the lie: Mare is not quite seventeen when she runs away from home, years short of the Army's minimum for women.

Q 03/05

In Mare's War, what does young Mare swing at the drunken man who comes into the girls' bedroom?

A) A fire poker

B) An iron skillet

C) A hatchet

D) A broom handle

Answer · why

C) A hatchet

A hatchet is all Mare has to defend her younger sister, and the fight leaves her with a dislocated shoulder.

Q 04/05

In Mare's War, Tali agrees to keep her earphones out if Mare gives up which habit?

A) Speeding

B) Smoking

C) Humming hymns

D) Chewing gum

Answer · why

B) Smoking

Smoking is what Tali grumbles about before the car has left the driveway, so Mare promises to keep her pack in her purse.

Q 05/05

In Mare's War, which record-breaking plant do the travelers find in Tombstone, Arizona?

A) A rosebush

B) A cactus

C) A grapevine

D) A cottonwood

Answer · why

A) A rosebush

A rosebush in Tombstone holds the world record for size, yet Octavia shrugs that it is still just a plant.