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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Deanna's father angry with her?
(a) For calling her father a jerk.
(b) For not telling him about getting a job.
(c) For saying she wants to move out with Stacy and Darren.
(d) For ignoring her father's restrictions.

2. How does Stacy describe Darren as a brother?
(a) He is a good brother.
(b) He is a little hard on Deanna.
(c) He ridicules her in front of his friends.
(d) He keeps careful tabs on her.

3. What does Deanna's mother offer her that Deanna does not ask for?
(a) Chocolate chip cookies.
(b) Ice Cream.
(c) Advice.
(d) Permission to borrow the car.

4. To what is Stacy trying to hold on?
(a) Aspects of her character she likes.
(b) Darren.
(c) A positive attitude.
(d) Her childhood.

5. What is one thing Deanna says her brother and father have in common?
(a) A bad temper.
(b) A tendency to let the women do more of the household chores.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Too high expectations of her.

6. How does Deanna describe Stacy?
(a) Shy.
(b) Tough and formidable.
(c) Talkative.
(d) Teacher's pet.

7. What grade is Deanna in when she is writing about the incident in the car?
(a) A junior in college.
(b) In graduate school working on a Ph.D.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) A senior in high school.

8. What about her relationship to Tommy was similar to how Deanna's relationship was once with her dad?
(a) The fact that she felt protected by both.
(b) She had a sense of belonging with Tommy that she once had with her father.
(c) The fact that Tommy would make decisions for her.
(d) There were no similarities.

9. What happens between Darren and his dad that morning?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A bet.
(c) An argument.
(d) A collaboration.

10. What does Deanna talk Stacy into doing?
(a) Letting Deanna take April to the park and pretend Deanna is the child's mother.
(b) Calling Jason anonymously and hinting about Deanna's feelings for him.
(c) Making something special for Darren for dinner.
(d) Dying Stacy's hair red.

11. What do Deanna and Jason do after the senior boys leave?
(a) Get in Jason's car.
(b) Laugh and joke about the incident.
(c) Walk to the park.
(d) Get on the bus.

12. What does Deanna's father hint to her as she arrives home from the last day of school?
(a) She needs to get a job over the summer.
(b) She is getting a little heavy.
(c) She should take a class at the community college this summer.
(d) She needs to stay out of trouble over the summer.

13. For how many years has Deanna's father not really spoken to her or looked at her?
(a) A few months since the incident in the car.
(b) Three years since the incident in the car.
(c) Ten years since the incident in the car.
(d) He has not acted any differently.

14. When does Deanna hang out with Stacy?
(a) The night before she has to find a job.
(b) The day before she is caught with Tommy.
(c) She never hangs out with Stacy.
(d) The morning she starts her job search.

15. When does Deanna have an encounter with a gang of senior boys?
(a) During Spring break.
(b) On the last day of school.
(c) During end-of-school finals.
(d) During Christmas break.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darren tell Deanna that shocks her?

2. Why does Deanna speak sharply to Lee?

3. What does Deanna think about Lee when her mother mentions Sunday morning?

4. What is Picasso's?

5. When does Deanna's mother visit her in Deanna's room?

(see the answer keys)

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