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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 are Julie's extracurricular activities?
(a) Band.
(b) Choir.
(c) Sports.
(d) Art.

2. Who does not cry as they wait to tell the others about Mother's death?
(a) Tom.
(b) Julie.
(c) Sue.
(d) Jack.

3. What is Sue's hobby?
(a) Praying.
(b) Reading.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Singing.

4. Who wishes to change genders?
(a) Jack.
(b) Julie.
(c) Tom.
(d) Sue.

5. Who finds Mother dead?
(a) Sue.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jack.
(d) Julie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets beaten up after the bully is threatened in Chapter 4?

2. Who puts lotion on the sunbather?

3. What do Julie and Jack get as Sue waits in the kitchen with a crying Tom?

4. Who is the first to tell someone that Mother has died?

5. Who develops a special relationship with Mother as she gets sicker?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the children are in the garden discussing what to now that Mother has died, what specifically do they discuss?

2. Discuss the dialog between Julie and Jack when Julie tells him that Mother has died.

3. What, specifically, do Jack and Julie do to provide Mother with an eternal resting place?

4. Where does the family celebrate Jack's birthday and why?

5. What happens when Julie covers Mother's body with a sheet?

6. Why did Jack fake being sick when he was 8 and what happened when he got home?

7. What discussion does Mother have with Jack when she calls him to her bedside?

8. What do Julie and Jack do with sand and how long does it take?

9. How does Jack release tension in the garden at the beginning of Chapter 4? Why does he stop?

10. What do Jack and his sisters do for fun on the night their parents argue in Chapter 1?

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