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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 is Curt's profession?
(a) Inventor.
(b) Sociologist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Therapist.

2. Why does Ian want to find Thomas Dulsimore?
(a) To let Agatha and Thomas visit him.
(b) So Agatha and Thomas will know their genetic history.
(c) To give him Lucy's important papers.
(d) To receive child support.

3. Where has Daphne worked for a year, the longest job she's ever had?
(a) Fill 'Er Up Cafe.
(b) Church.
(c) Florist shop.
(d) Library.

4. Who brought home a saltcellar shaped like a robot?
(a) Doug.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Ian.
(d) Daphne.

5. Who is Rita?
(a) Daphne's boss.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) The household organizer.
(d) Church member.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the dream that a fat stranger will be hanging around Ian?

2. Who is fifteen and does not want to attend church anymore?

3. Where does Rita tell Ian that she thinks she's pregnant?

4. What do Agatha and Daphne find in the cedar chest at the foot of Bee's bed?

5. In Chapter Nine, who is Ian thinking of marrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Church of the Second Chance do when Reverend Emmett has a heart attack?

2. What does Ian discover when he visits Mrs. Millet?

3. Why does Daphne call Ian "Saint Maybe"?

4. When Rita begins talking about having children, why is Ian reluctant at first?

5. Why does Agatha ask her siblings "What's happened to Ian?"

6. What is the significance of Rita's choice of black-eyed peas and rice for Christmas Eve dinner?

7. Why does Agatha refuse to go to church once she's fifteen?

8. Why does Doug want to keep particular items of Bee's when the children are cleaning out the house?

9. What kind of cradle does Ian build in Chapter Ten?

10. What does Daphne hang on the wall in the living room with the other family pictures?

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