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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 city did Charlie regularly think of while listening to the opera?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Milan.
(d) Tokyo.

2. What act of service did Pete and the girls perform for Charlie when she returned to Leechfield after the funeral?
(a) They read passages from The Bible aloud to her.
(b) They cooked her dinner.
(c) They gave her a massage.
(d) They bathed her.

3. What was the effect of the jellyfish attack on Lecia's leg?
(a) Her leg was covered in blisters.
(b) There was no effect from the attack.
(c) Her leg had to be amputated.
(d) Her leg became paralyzed.

4. What room did the Liars' Club transform into a spare bedroom when Grandma Moore comes to stay with the Karr family?
(a) The porch.
(b) The garage.
(c) The den.
(d) The living room.

5. How old is Mary at the opening of the memoir?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition was Mary's mother diagnosed with when Mary was a child?

2. Which institution did Pete visit each week to pay a portion of his bill, but was never able to pay off completely?

3. How many times had Charlie been married before meeting Pete?

4. What song did Charlie sing under her breath while driving erratically through the rain-whipped streets during the hurricane?

5. What name did Grandma Moore call Lecia in her drug-induced slumber at the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What parts of the school system in Antelope were different than the school system in Leechfield?

2. How did Mary find out that her family was moving, yet again, from Colorado?

3. What happened while Mary was reading the book Charlotte's Web while staying home sick from school?

4. How did Mary and Lecia find out they had missed Father's Day?

5. What happened to Mary while she was out at the bar with Pete during her school vacation?

6. How did Mary choose to spend the Green Stamps she collected from the grocery store?

7. How did Mary learn to cope with her mother's mental instability, particularly after Charlie's breakdown after inheriting a large sum of money from Grandma Moore?

8. In what ways did Mary try to care for her father when he came to live with the family after being released from the hospital?

9. How did Charlie react to the news that Mary's school wanted to advance her through the reading program at an accelerated rate?

10. How did Mary tie together the news of the jellyfish attack with the news of Grandma Moore's death?

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