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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 does July describe the feeling of her baby inside her?
(a) Like having a constant nervous tummy.
(b) Like a warm bubbly feeling.
(c) Like a butterfly's wings.
(d) Like being tickled by a feather.

2. Why does Louella come to the apartment for the first time?
(a) To watch television.
(b) For dinner.
(c) To play cards.
(d) For lunch.

3. How does July think Bo Jo will feel about her parents paying for her medical bills?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Glad.
(d) Angry.

4. Now that she will not be a mother, what do the parents think July should do?
(a) Go to prep school.
(b) Follow her dream of becoming a singer.
(c) Focus on being a housewife.
(d) Start working at the bank.

5. Who is with Bo Jo when July returns home from caring for Louella?
(a) Alice.
(b) Mary Ann.
(c) Alan.
(d) Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does July say in the first draft of her response to the letter?

2. What does July find odd on the day she is released from the hospital?

3. Where did Louella go when she ran away?

4. How does July feel about staying married to Bo Jo in the epilogue?

5. When does July feel uncomfortable around Bo Jo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does July realize was the real reason Bo Jo was in a bad mood when she returned from visiting Louella?

2. Who sends July a letter, and what does she initially plan to send as a response?

3. Why is Louella in a happy mood when she comes to visit July?

4. What does Louella tell July when she shows up at her door with a suitcase in hand?

5. How is the distance between the Jones and Greher families evident at the picnic?

6. Why does July begin to find it hard to carry on her correspondence with Horace?

7. How do the different members of the Greher and Jones families deal with the death of baby Jonathan?

8. What plan do the parents present to July and Bo Jo after their son's death?

9. Who offers July a ride home from the post office? What does July accuse this person of?

10. What does Bo Jo accuse July of when she returns from visiting Louella?

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