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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following did Mumma die from?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A gunshot wound.
2. What is the name of James's cousin, he sends Kathleen to live with in New York?
(a) Riles.
(b) Wiles.
(c) Giles.
(d) Miles.
3. Whose photograph does James want to take with him to war?
(a) Mercedes'.
(b) Materia's.
(c) Kathleen's.
(d) Frances's.
4. Why was Kathleen's labor difficult?
(a) Her baby was breech.
(b) Her baby had the cord wrapped around its neck.
(c) She hemorrhaged during delivery.
(d) She wasn't getting enough oxygen.
5. When her father is gone, how does Kathleen treat her younger sisters?
(a) She is plesant to the girls, but takes no special interest in them.
(b) She plays and reads books with them.
(c) She beats them when no one is looking.
(d) She ignores them as usual.
6. How often does Kathleen write home, after moving to New York?
(a) Sporadically, whenever she has free time.
(b) Every week.
(c) Everyday.
(d) Rarely. Her chaperone writes most of the letters.
7. What does Mrs. Luvovitz sell by the roadside?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Milk.
(c) Butter.
(d) Eggs.
8. Where does James lock up Materia, after discovering Kathleen's dead body?
(a) In the car garage.
(b) In the coal cellar.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the stove room.
9. What color is the Piper family house?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.
10. Who takes the blame for moving the rocks around Ambrose's grave?
(a) Lily.
(b) All of the Piper girls take the blame.
(c) Frances.
(d) Mercedes.
11. Which of the following is NOT an object Frances proposed using as rosary beads when a proper rosary wasn't present?
(a) Mouse turds.
(b) Freckles.
(c) Clouds in the sky.
(d) Dots on a newspaper.
12. During the time of James's bootlegging career, how long had the coal miners been on strike?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six years.
13. What was the name of Materia's younger sister?
(a) Bernadette.
(b) Deliah.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Camille.
14. What type of town is the town where the Piper family lives?
(a) A historic town.
(b) A shopping town.
(c) A mining town.
(d) A ghost town.
15. What is the first sentence of the novel, "Fall on Your Knees"?
(a) "Nobody knows where they went."
(b) "They're all gone now."
(c) "They're all dead now."
(d) "Everybody's in Heaven, leaving me in Hell."
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following characters wake up the morning after Kathleen's death with blood in her slippers?
2. What does James hope to sell when he returns home from the war?
3. During what hours of the day does James work as a bootlegger?
4. Which North American city is Materia desperate to move to after her marriage?
5. Which of Kathleen's family members is the strongest supporter of her musical talent?
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