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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invites Codi to move to Telluride with him?
(a) Carlo.
(b) J.T.
(c) Loyd.
(d) Homer.

2. What is Homer having trouble with, beginning in Chapter 15?
(a) Remembering his address and phone number.
(b) Distinguishing past from present.
(c) Recognizing his relatives.
(d) Remembering to take his medication.

3. Who is in charge of Christmas dinner?
(a) Codi.
(b) Loyd's mother.
(c) Loyd.
(d) Hallie.

4. Hallie's letters tell of illness and death in Nicaragua caused by what?
(a) Plague.
(b) Pollution.
(c) War.
(d) Famine.

5. Who are the women of the Stitch and Bitch Club?
(a) The Pueblos.
(b) The Gracela Sisters.
(c) Las Gringas.
(d) The Peacock Ladies.

6. What does Codi plan to do in the wake of her sister's death?
(a) She plans to move to Nicaragua and continue Hallie's work.
(b) She has a very specific plan for memorializing Hallie.
(c) She does not know what she is going to do.
(d) She wants to spread awareness of the U.S. government's involvement with the Contras.

7. How many Gracela sisters were there?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

8. Who was caring for Codi and Hallie on the day their mother was taken away in the helicopter?
(a) Homer.
(b) Dosa Althea.
(c) Viola.
(d) Uda.

9. What is contained in Hallie's last letter to Codi?
(a) Money for Codi and Loyd to buy a home.
(b) An attempt to help Codi deal with the uncertainty in her life.
(c) News that Hallie will be coming home by the end of the month.
(d) News that Hallie is pregnant.

10. A letter from Hallie asks Codi to do what?
(a) Give her best regards to everyone in Grace.
(b) Take care of their father.
(c) Find out the truth about their family.
(d) Watch the news and inform Hallie of what is happening.

11. Codi realizes that she is no longer that concerned with what?
(a) Being someone else's child.
(b) Being a teacher.
(c) Having a child.
(d) The environment.

12. According to Homer, people think it is the heart that suffers from emotional trauma, but it is really what organ?
(a) The liver.
(b) The stomach.
(c) The pancreas.
(d) The brain.

13. Where do Codi and Loyd spend Christmas?
(a) In Nicaragua with Hallie.
(b) With Loyd's family.
(c) Alone in Tucson.
(d) In Grace with Homer.

14. Why does Loyd give up cockfighting?
(a) Because he became attached to a bird that later died.
(b) Because some protesters made an impact on him.
(c) Because of his newfound religious beliefs.
(d) Because of what Codi says about it.

15. What does Codi realize as a result of the way Loyd's family treats her?
(a) Nothing; they treat her the way her own family would.
(b) She occasionally does seem snobbish, without meaning to.
(c) She will always be a loner; no one will ever truly accept her.
(d) She has never felt such a sense of belonging.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Codi that her relationship with Loyd "won't elevate her life"?

2. How does Codi feel about her realization in Chapter 17?

3. Who drives Codi to Tucson?

4. What is Codi wearing in Chapter 15 that confuses her father?

5. How does Loyd's family react to Codi when they meet her?

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