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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 color housedress is Marie Hofstettler wearing on Tuesday when Lily comes to clean?
(a) Orange and brown.
(b) White and red.
(c) Pink and purple.
(d) Red and blue.

2. Where might Lily take Marie Hofstettler on the days Lily works for her?
(a) Doctor's office.
(b) Wal Mart.
(c) Library.
(d) K Mart or Kroger.

3. Where does Claude sit when he interviews Lily at her house?
(a) Sofa.
(b) Love seat.
(c) Wing chair.
(d) Folding chair.

4. Which neighbor of the narrator's has a house that is an exact copy of hers?
(a) Deedra Dean.
(b) Claude Friedrich.
(c) Carlton Cockroft.
(d) Tom David Meiklejohn.

5. What color eyes does Deedra have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Hazel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much bigger was the yard at narrator's childhood home than the yard of the home where she lives now?

2. Who does the narrator call to tell about the body in the park?

3. What are the main colors in Lily's living room?

4. For how many generations have the Winthrops lived in Arkansas?

5. What was Lily's job when she was scarred?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Lily call about the body in the park?

2. What does Lily learn about Claude Friedrich's personal life when he visits Marie Hofstettler?

3. Why did Pardon Albee pick up Marie Hofstettler's rent check every month?

4. What cleaning jobs does Lily do on Wednesday mornings?

5. How did Marshall know that Lily had scars on her torso?

6. Who does Lily see during her walk in Chapter 1?

7. Why does Lily think something is wrong when she arrives at the Yorks' apartment?

8. Describe Lily's backyard.

9. What does Norvel Whitbread receive as compensation for serving as janitor at the Shakespeare Combined Church?

10. Why is Lily's house a shotgun house?

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