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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. Where does Frankie work on Saturday mornings?
(a) At the local beauty parlor.
(b) Her mother's boutique.
(c) Her father's jewlery shop.
(d) At the town market.

2. What is going on between the solider from the Blue Moon and the monkey man when F. Jasmin finds them together?
(a) They are both playing instruments.
(b) They are in a quarrel.
(c) They are playing with the monkey.
(d) They are talking about F. Jasmin.

3. How many times had Berenice been married?
(a) Two times.
(b) One time.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

4. What are Frankie's plans after the wedding?
(a) Frankie plans to remain at home with her father.
(b) Frankie plans to go with the bride and the groom.
(c) Frankie plans to move in with John Henry.
(d) Frankie plans to run away with her boyfriend.

5. What happens to Uncle Charles in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) He dies.
(b) He divorces Aunt Pet.
(c) He is fasely accused of a crime and arrested.
(d) He is hospitalized.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cups of coffee did F. Jasmin's father like to drink before he started conversation for the day?

2. When did Frankie's mother die?

3. What product was the sassy chorus on the radio singing an advertisement for?

4. What does F. Jasmin wear on the Saturday before the wedding?

5. Which characters says, "It looks to me like everything has just walked off and left me."

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the argument between the man with the monkey and the red-haired solider from the Blue Moon.

2. Describe Mary Littlejohn and her family.

3. Why does Frankie want to change her name and to what does she wish to change it to?

4. Describe Big Mama.

5. What does F. Jasmin ask her father when she returns home from her date? How does her father respond?

6. Why does F. Jasmin disappear and Frances appear in Part 3?

7. What is the point of Berenice's stories about her past husbands? Why does she share the story with F. Jasmin?

8. How does Berenice describe her final three marriages?

9. Describe how Frankie feels in relation to the world.

10. What are two of Frankie's fears and why does she have these fears?

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