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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often do Nana and Papa give a dinner party?
(a) Twice a year.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every week.
(d) Every other year.

2. What does Hattie admit to herself about Leila?
(a) She was kinder to Adam than she was.
(b) She wasn't a very good friend to her.
(c) She is glad she has moved on with the carnival.
(d) She was just using her to get free rides.

3. What does Adam give Hattie on her birthday?
(a) A book.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A small wooden box.
(d) A ribbon.

4. What job does the Ferris Wheel girl's mother have?
(a) Cotton Candy vendor.
(b) Snow Cone stand vendor.
(c) Tunnel of Love ticket taker.
(d) Pretzel Woman.

5. What does Hattie eventually realize about Adam's hysterics at the carnival?
(a) She knew his frantic behavior was a possibility.
(b) She wanted to push the limits of what Adam could take.
(c) She brings out the worst in him.
(d) She should have factored in his erratic behavior from the past.

6. How does Adam's death affect Papa?
(a) He walks the streets at night.
(b) He cries at work.
(c) He cannot sleep.
(d) He cannot go to work.

7. What color dress does Hattie wear to Adam's funeral?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

8. What does Hattie see Angel doing when she returns home one day?
(a) Ironing a dress.
(b) Hanging streamers and balloons.
(c) Sunning in the backyard.
(d) Getting out of a convertible.

9. What is Hattie afraid to ask her mother?
(a) If she can wear make-up to school.
(b) If she can travel with Leila this Summer.
(c) If she was afraid her own child might be like Adam.
(d) If she could go to a movie with a boy.

10. Hattie is conflicted because the day Adam has planned for her birthday party is the same day as _________________.
(a) The Honor Society Picnic.
(b) The Summer Cotillion.
(c) The Book Fair.
(d) Bible School.

11. What parade passes by Hattie's house in Chapter 9?
(a) Fred Carmel's Funtime Carnival Parade.
(b) The Fourth of July Parade.
(c) The Christmas Parade.
(d) The County Fair Parade.

12. Who is the brother of the girl in #151?
(a) Sean.
(b) Seth.
(c) Sam.
(d) Steve.

13. The man who owns the carnival is the _____________ of the girl in #105.
(a) brother.
(b) father.
(c) uncle.
(d) grandfather.

14. Why does Hattie agree to sneak out of the house during Nana and Papa's dinner party?
(a) To go to the movies.
(b) To go to the carnival.
(c) To go to the ice cream store.
(d) To go swimming.

15. Hattie tells her parents that it bothers her that they don't talk about ____________________.
(a) important things.
(b) Adam.
(c) Nana.
(d) Granny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Hattie want to blame for Adam's suicide?

2. How does Nana summon Ermaline when Nana is seated in the dining room?

3. What offer does Leila make to Adam and Hattie?

4. What does Adam yell when he is dancing near the bandstand?

5. What house rule did Angel violate?

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