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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarlett say that she is worried about Halley doing?
(a) Sleeping with someone who doesn't love her.
(b) Providing more information than she should.
(c) Giving up her own personal dreams.
(d) Disobeying her mother.

2. Who does Halley give as her emergency contact number?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Scarlett.
(c) Marion.
(d) Her father.

3. What is Scarlett doing when Halley goes over to say goodbye?
(a) Reading her pregnancy books and listening to the radio.
(b) Trying to get rid of a bad smell no one else can smell.
(c) Sitting on the couch eating.
(d) Making her mother breakfast.

4. What does Scarlett tell Halley about having sex with Macon?
(a) That he will continue to pressure her.
(b) That she should definitely not do it.
(c) That it is about her, not him.
(d) That he has had sex before.

5. What does Scarlett give Halley when she stops by her house on New Year's Eve?
(a) Condoms.
(b) A pep talk.
(c) A speech.
(d) A pregnancy book.

6. What was odd about Thanksgiving at Scarlett's house?
(a) Steve wore a tunic.
(b) Marion ordered take out.
(c) Scarlett spent the night in her room.
(d) They did not celebrate the holiday.

7. Why doesn't Halley even try to picture Macon?
(a) Because he abandoned her at the scene.
(b) Because her mother forbade her to.
(c) Because he is dead.
(d) Because she says it hurts.

8. Where does Halley's grandmother live?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Fresno.
(d) Philadelphia.

9. Why has Halley been able to avoid a decision about Macon?
(a) Because Scarlett needs her more.
(b) Because of her mother's wishes.
(c) Because she is working a lot.
(d) Because he hasn't been around much.

10. What does Scarlett tell Halley that she is thinking of taking?
(a) A birthing class.
(b) Parenting classes.
(c) A therapy session.
(d) An adoption seminar.

11. What does Halley hear her father telling her mother as she falls asleep?
(a) To let Macon alone.
(b) To let it go.
(c) To stop crying.
(d) To hug her daughter.

12. What does Macon try to do that Halley stops him from doing?
(a) Put his hands in her pants.
(b) Go to his house with him.
(c) Go to her bedroom.
(d) Walk around the block.

13. Why does Scarlett tell Halley she is sorry?
(a) Because she had to tell her mother.
(b) Because she feels responsible.
(c) Because Macon is not there.
(d) Because Halley is crying.

14. What does Halley see come over Macon's face?
(a) A very angry appearance.
(b) White headlights.
(c) Police light reflections.
(d) Bright yellow lights.

15. What does Halley learn about her grandmother?
(a) That she lied to her about the comet.
(b) That she was not honest with her mother.
(c) That she was in love with an Indian boy.
(d) That she was married more than once.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Halley's mother describe Halley?

2. How long does Macon say he has waited for Halley?

3. How does Halley feel when her mother tells her she was too little to remember sitting on her grandmother's lap watching the comet?

4. Why is Scarlett called into Mr. Averby's office at the market?

5. What does Halley's mother think Halley did in regard to Macon?

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