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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. How many years of smoke and grease cake the walls of the cafe when Vera tackles cleaning it?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

2. How long were Vera and Stanley married before he died?
(a) About a year and a half.
(b) Less than 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

3. What business chooses Connaught for the company headquarters?
(a) Forestry company.
(b) Oil and gas company.
(c) Potash mine.
(d) Power company.

4. When the streets and sidewalks are being paved in Connaught, how many men does Vera serve meals three times a day, seven days a week?
(a) 25.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

5. What month is it in Chapter 12?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first dance Vera tries to teach Daniel?

2. How many of the churches in town does Alec say that Stutz had been to looking for a wife?

3. How early is school dismissed on Friday afternoons when there is a football game?

4. Where did the doctor in Chapter 16 want to send Earl?

5. In Chapter 15, how long has the old Bluebird Cafe been empty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daniel start running?

2. Why does Daniel play hooky in May in Chapter 18?

3. What options does Vera have for work in Connaught?

4. What advice does Alec give Daniel about dancing?

5. Why is November a difficult time for Vera?

6. Why does Vera prefer John F. Kennedy for the United States president?

7. In Chapter 11, what does Vera do when Alec wears a hat to dinner?

8. Why does Daniel not tell his mother that he is seeing his grandfather?

9. What did Alec try to get Earl to do after he graduated from high school and why?

10. How is business at Vera's cafe when she first opens compared to the business her father has?

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