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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 one reason Lala thinks Baby died?
(a) She did not read enough about how to take care of Baby.
(b) She is being punished for having a previous abortion.
(c) Adan is a bad person.
(d) Carson is a bad person.

2. Who is Mira married to?
(a) Peter Whalen.
(b) Grayson Franks.
(c) Tone.
(d) Adan Primus.

3. Why does Wilma decline to use the antiseptic cream on Esme's bruises?
(a) She does not have any.
(b) It is too expensive to use on her child.
(c) Carson is using it.
(d) She is mad at Esme.

4. What does Adan wear on his face during the robbery?
(a) A bag.
(b) Makeup.
(c) A mask.
(d) A stocking.

5. What does Mira repeatedly buy at the convenience store?
(a) Bread.
(b) Raisins.
(c) Milk.
(d) Ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lala do for money on the beach?

2. What was Wilma thinking about when Esme rushed into her workshop, all beaten and bloody?

3. Who takes Lala's money that she has earned?

4. What logo is on Adan and Lala's door?

5. Who are Mira's stepchildren?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Sergeant Beckles so much about Wilma's story about Baby?

2. How does Baby die?

3. How does the hospital staff treat Lala when she has her baby there?

4. What lie does Lala tell about where Adan was when Baby "disappeared"?

5. Why does Mira repeatedly take the children to the convenience store in the middle of the night?

6. What has Mira Whalen's mother always advocated?

7. How does the one-armed sister lose her arm?

8. Why does Wilma tell Lala the story of the one-armed sister?

9. How does Mira Whalen behave for the first five days after the murder of her husband Peter?

10. What is Peter trying to do when the robber kills him?

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