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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prize Mama wins during the drawing at the theater?
(a) Two hundred, fifty dollars.
(b) Free movie passes for a year.
(c) A complete outfit from a department store.
(d) A set of China.

2. What does Grandpa give Lark as she is about to board the train?
(a) A deck of cards to play with on the train.
(b) Candy.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) A letter.

3. What are Lark's responsibilities in return for her allowance?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Typing .
(c) Helping her father take tickets in the afternoons.
(d) Performing whatever chores her mother outlines on a daily note.

4. What does Mama say her marriage was like?
(a) Like having a giraffe in her car.
(b) Like having a elephant sitting on her chest.
(c) Like having a wild cat in her pocket.
(d) Like having a hippopotamus sitting on her face.

5. What is the present Mama brings Lark from one of her trips?
(a) A harmonica.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A scrapbook.

6. What is the toast Mama proposes after they finish decorating the Christmas tree?
(a) To the three witches.
(b) To better times ahead.
(c) To Christmas.
(d) To a new house.

7. What is the sound Lark describes as she's in the church awaiting her first Communion?
(a) The sound of silence.
(b) The sound of rustling dresses.
(c) The sound of church bells.
(d) The sound of bees in the lilac bushes.

8. What does she say about that kind of jelly bean?
(a) Someone told her they are the most sophisticated flavor.
(b) Neither of her parents like them.
(c) It's her father's favorite.
(d) It's her mother's favorite.

9. What is at the top of Lark's Christmas list?
(a) A new robe.
(b) A pony.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A rocking chair.

10. What does Papa have in his hand when he rushes at Mama?
(a) A skillet.
(b) A gun.
(c) A bottle.
(d) A knife.

11. When does Mama go to play bridge?
(a) Every Friday.
(b) Whenever her friends call.
(c) Every second Friday.
(d) The second Saturday of every month.

12. What does Lark say her little girl likes to read?
(a) Nancy Drew.
(b) Comic books.
(c) Teen magazines.
(d) The Bible.

13. Who is visiting Mrs. Stillman when Lark arrives?
(a) Lark's mother.
(b) Mrs. Wheeler.
(c) Mrs. Nelson.
(d) Beverly's mother.

14. What does Aunt Betty say she'd been doing during the day while Lark was at school?
(a) Making flower arrangements for the funeral.
(b) Baking for the funeral.
(c) Planning their new house.
(d) Sewing curtains.

15. What color is the coat Mama wears as she heads out to play bridge?
(a) Wine colored.
(b) Apricot colored.
(c) Raspberry colored.
(d) Blueberry colored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Betty give the hobo in addition to the food and milk?

2. Where does Mama say she plans to go?

3. What does Mama have in her hand when she and Papa get into an argument?

4. What color are the tickets eligible to win at the theater's drawing?

5. Why does Mama say she and Aunt Betty are going to Minneapolis?

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