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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 name of the mother of Karl and Mary?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Mary Ellen.
(d) Fritzie.

2. What day does Sita hate?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. What does Wallace Pfef buy from the butcher shop in chapter 7?
(a) A steak and some cheese.
(b) Head cheese.
(c) A mutton leg.
(d) Olive loaf.

4. Who suffers headaches as a result of flood damage?
(a) Sita.
(b) Celestine.
(c) Fritzie.
(d) Adelaide.

5. Who has a heart attack in chapter 4?
(a) Wallace Pfef.
(b) Pete.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Fritzie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Mary's eyes?

2. To whom does Catherine Miller confess about the baby Jude, as discussed in chapter 5?

3. What brand of cigarette does Celestine smoke?

4. What kind of shop does the aunt own?

5. What is the name of the police officer mentioned in chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the relationship between Mr. Ober and Mary's family, as well as the effects his death has on them.

2. What does Karl fantasize about his mother in chapter 3? Why?

3. Why does Karl run back to the train at the end of "The Branch"?

4. What happens to Fritzie's health in chapter 4? How does she change afterward?

5. Explain the town's reaction to Mary's accident in the ice in chapter 2.

6. Why does Mary give Sita the sewing machine in chapter 7?

7. Describe the appearance of Omar and Adelaide at the end of chapter 3.

8. In chapter 7, why does Wallace Pfef want to see Mary?

9. Why does Russell Kashpaw dislike Karl?

10. Describe Fleur Pillager, her possessions, and her job.

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