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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. Sabine equates Wal-Mart to ___________________.
(a) a huge trailer park.
(b) a huge flea market.
(c) a market in Bangkok.
(d) an intergalactic hub.

2. What does Sabine do as Howard sits across the street from the house all day?
(a) Talks on the phone.
(b) Cleans the house.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) Reads a book.

3. What does Kitty ask Sabine to do at the kitchen table?
(a) A card trick.
(b) Sketch portraits.
(c) Address wedding invitations.
(d) Set the table.

4. Sabine realizes that Howard had been a ____________ in high school.
(a) jock.
(b) geek.
(c) regular guy.
(d) hoodlum.

5. What does Sabine spend the day doing in Parsifal's room?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Reading.
(c) Crying.
(d) Exploring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is injured by falling against the wall?

2. Bertie is the only one in the Fetters family who has never _______________.

3. Dot tells Sabine that no matter where you go, __________________________.

4. What medical treatment does Bertie require?

5. What had Dot always expected would happen in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sabine realize a newfound respect for Howard?

2. How do the stories about Albert Fetters make Sabine realize that Parsifal did what he had to do in order to survive?

3. What does Sabine wonder about the residents of Alliance as they drive Bertie to the emergency room?

4. Why does Dot think that her expectation that Guy would come home cause her to lose him forever?

5. What is so unique about Sabine's trip to Wal-Mart?

6. How does Bertie and Haas' behavior at the hospital remind Sabine of Parsifal and Phan?

7. What is the result of Howard's feeling foolish during the magic trick?

8. What does Sabine finally see in the Tonight Show performance?

9. What does Sabine make of the kiss from Kitty?

10. Why does Kitty fear that Sabine will never want to visit the Fetters family again?

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