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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 do July and Bo Jo calm Nicholas when he barges into their home?
(a) By offering him a piece of pie.
(b) By taking him out for a drink.
(c) By walking with him back to his house.
(d) With a cup of coffee.

2. After growing closer to Bo Jo, what does July find hard to do?
(a) Talk to other boys.
(b) Listen to her mother disparaging Bo Jo.
(c) Spend time away from Bo Jo.
(d) Write letters to Horace.

3. How is Alan's personality described when he comes to visit Mary Ann?
(a) As polite.
(b) As reserved.
(c) As jolly.
(d) As depressed.

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

5. Who does Mrs. Gerher arrange for July to see?
(a) A marriage counsellor.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A college administrator.
(d) The best baby doctor in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does July prepare for Bo Jo before leaving her apartment to see Louella?

2. What is the main point of Bo Jo's plan to stay married?

3. What does the person who sends July a letter ask her about?

4. When does July's family hold an annual picnic?

5. Who is Louella running away from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opportunity does July sense both sets of parents see in the death of her son?

2. Following her argument with Bo Jo, what does July write in a letter to Horace?

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

4. Why does July want to invite Bo Jo to her family's annual picnic?

5. What are the circumstances of baby Jonathan's delivery?

6. How does July think Bo Jo will feel about her family's paying her doctor's bills? How does Bo Jo actually feel?

7. What leads to baby Jonathan's death?

8. How does July's ongoing correspondence with Horace finally come to an end?

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

10. Why is July envious when she sees Alan and Mary Ann together?

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