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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Homer Noline and Codi and Hallie?
(a) He is their brother.
(b) He is their grandfather.
(c) He is their uncle.
(d) He is their father.

2. What did Homer do for Codi when she lost her baby?
(a) Gave her a prescription for birth control.
(b) Hospitalized her.
(c) Prescribed painkillers for her.
(d) Sent her to therapy.

3. Why is the town of Grace planning to sue the mining company?
(a) The men who work in the mines are contracting mysterious illnesses.
(b) The company owes the town money.
(c) A dam is being built that will divert the river, killing the orchards in Grace.
(d) A small child from Grace fell into a mineshaft and died.

4. Where does Homer find Codi and Hallie?
(a) Stranded in an arroyo.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) At school.
(d) In their attic.

5. Where does Emelina's husband work?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) At the lumber mill.
(c) On the railroad.
(d) In the mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Codi notice about the fruit trees?

2. Emelina is organizing a fiesta for what holiday?

3. The results of genetic inbreeding in Grace are most apparent in what feature of the townsfolk?

4. What is the relationship between Codi and Hallie?

5. The orchards are full of what birds?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Codi become a small-town heroine in Chapter 11?

2. What does Codi discover about the condition of the river in Chapter 11?

3. What does Codi realize because of the way she is treated by Loyd's family when they first meet her?

4. What does Codi realize during her artwork-selling trip to Tucson?

5. How did Loyd's brother die?

6. Describe Hallie's funeral.

7. Where did the peacocks in the orchards come from?

8. How does the Stitch and Bitch Club decide to use all the money they have earned from artwork sales and contributions?

9. How have Homer's attitudes about the people in Grace affected Codi's life?

10. When asked for a number to call back, whom does the caller suggest Homer contact?

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