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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets sent to jail while in high school?
(a) Marie.
(b) Robbie.
(c) Helene.
(d) Rhonda.

2. Where does Ross send Marie for an operation?
(a) Africa.
(b) Japan.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Germany.

3. Who wants to open up their own firm?
(a) Marie.
(b) Helene.
(c) Mr. Ali.
(d) Daniel Slater.

4. Who teaches Marie to box?
(a) Helene.
(b) Robbie.
(c) Mr. Ali.
(d) Pop.

5. What does Chris like?
(a) Chamber music.
(b) Figure skating.
(c) Comic books.
(d) Computer science.

6. Who does Marie cry in front of in Martinique?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Poochini.
(c) Agathe.
(d) Robbie.

7. Who calls the narrator from a payphone?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

8. Why is the narrator embarrassed remembering Helene's 13th birthday?
(a) She got caught stealing from a candy shop.
(b) She does not get embarassed.
(c) She got in trouble with Pop.
(d) She threw up at the sight of a slain deer.

9. What does Helene tell Marie she is practicing the summer she is 12?
(a) She is practicing guitar.
(b) She is practicing to be a spy.
(c) She is practicing to be an actress.
(d) She is practicing skipping.

10. Who does Marie feel safe with?
(a) Robbie.
(b) Her kids.
(c) Daniel Slater.
(d) No one.

11. Who does Marie hug for a long time at Helene's wake?
(a) Pop.
(b) Daniel Slater.
(c) Agathe.
(d) Robbie.

12. Who does Marie not talk to for a decade after Helene's death?
(a) Pop.
(b) Agathe.
(c) Mr. Ali.
(d) Robbie.

13. What weapon does the narrator grab in the first chapter?
(a) A taser.
(b) A knife.
(c) A machete.
(d) A gun.

14. What does Robbie send to Pop as a gift?
(a) A bear paw.
(b) A baseball glove.
(c) A watch.
(d) A badger claw.

15. Where is the twins' father?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is in California.
(c) He is abroad.
(d) He is in Ghana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marie take Thomas for dinner?

2. What does Ross want Marie to do with Thomas Sankara?

3. What is the name of the narrator's dog?

4. What does Thomas not like to talk about?

5. What was the name of the departed's dog?

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