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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Del not give Owen regarding Major?
(a) Obedience lessons
(b) A rescue plan
(c) A new home
(d) False hope

2. How old is Del in this chapter?
(a) 18
(b) 16
(c) 14
(d) 12

3. What announcement does Benny make?
(a) He is moving away
(b) He has to have surgery
(c) He is married
(d) He is converting to Catholicism

4. During what months do Del's mother and the children live in the rented house?
(a) September to June
(b) September to December
(c) June to September
(d) October to January

5. How did Uncle Craig die?
(a) Heart attack
(b) Terminal illness
(c) Gun shot wound
(d) Car accident

6. What are the names of Del's aunts?
(a) Elspeth and Graciela
(b) Elise and Grace
(c) Elspeth and Grace
(d) Elsie and Grace

7. What does Del's father not want to believe about the family dog?
(a) That he will kill again
(b) That he is a mutt
(c) That he can speak
(d) That he will run away

8. Where does Del put Uncle Craig's manuscript?
(a) A cardboard box in the basement
(b) A safety deposit box
(c) A cedar chest in the attic
(d) A desk drawer

9. According to Del's mother, it makes no more sense to believe that an unseen being died for our sins than it would be to ___________________________________.
(a) Believe the Aztec notion that the sun would nor rise or set with the sacrifice of live hearts
(b) Believe in Santa Claus
(c) Believe in the Easter Bunny
(d) Believe in leprechauns

10. Benny asks Del to _______________.
(a) Bake a cake for him
(b) Clean his house
(c) Write a letter for him
(d) Pick up his laundry

11. One day Del decides she no longer wants to be her mother's _____________________.
(a) Bridge partner
(b) Confidante
(c) Daughter
(d) Trick pony

12. What name does Del call Uncle Bill?
(a) A blessing in disguise
(b) Her favorite uncle
(c) Fairy godmother
(d) The highest branch of the family tree

13. What does Del's mother do in an attempt to develop a social life?
(a) Volunteers at the museum
(b) Joins the Garden Club
(c) Hosts a ladies' party
(d) Joins a sorority

14. What is Del's job during the fishing expeditions?
(a) Dig worms
(b) Catch frogs
(c) Bait hooks
(d) Clean fish

15. Where do Del's aunts live?
(a) Jenkin's Corner
(b) Jenkin's Bend
(c) Jenkin's Cove
(d) Jenson's Corner

Short Answer Questions

1. Owen begs Del to _____________________ in a desperate attempt to save Major.

2. What happens to Uncle Craig's manuscript?

3. What is the name of the road where Del's family lives?

4. Which of the following does Del's mother not eventually refer to her as on their sales trips?

5. What is the plan to keep Major from killing again?

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