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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. Which of the following characters wins the lottery?
(a) Mr. Daly
(b) Max
(c) Gertie
(d) Mrs. Anderson
2. Into what interest has Clytie become absorbed?
(a) Radio dramas
(b) School plays
(c) Reuben's fights
(d) Clovis's work
3. Why is Gertie unable to work on the cherry block of wood?
(a) She lost her carving knife
(b) Clovis sold the cherry block of wood
(c) She still can't see the face
(d) She never has any time to whittle anymore
4. What device does Gertie use for the first time in chapter 35?
(a) Microwave
(b) Clothes dryer
(c) Pay phone
(d) Washing machine
5. Whom does Gertie think beats up Clovis?
(a) Whit
(b) Mr. Daly
(c) Joe's assistant
(d) Joe
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character's children had his or her tonsils out and were watched afterward by Gertie?
2. Why is Gertie in a somewhat drug induced stupor?
3. When Gertie quotes from the Bible about drinking, which is the main message?
4. What does the train do to Cassie?
5. According to what Max tells Gertie, who controls Max's life and tells her how to live?
Short Essay Questions
1. With what are Gertie's thoughts and dreams filled?
2. Describe what happens when Sophronie answers the door when she is drunk.
3. How does Clovis attempt to make Gertie feel better after Cassie's death?
4. Why can't Gertie get to Cassie before the train hits her?
5. Why does Sophronie ask Gertie to watch her children after they had their tonsils out?
6. On what does Clovis blame that exhausts all of Gertie's savings to pay for Cassie's funeral?
7. Why does Clovis say they cannot return to Kentucky as Gertie wishes after Cassie is killed?
8. Describe in detail Cassie's final moments in Gertie's arms.
9. What does Reuben's note say at the end of chapter 23?
10. Why does Mrs. Daly suddenly stop the argument with Gertie?
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