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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. Where does Lulu hide as her parents fight?
(a) The back porch.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The hallway.
(d) Her bedroom.

2. What is Dr. Cohen's first name?
(a) Paul.
(b) James.
(c) Michael.
(d) Irving.

3. What does Dr. Cohen suggest to Merry that might be a good Chanukah gift to give to her father?
(a) Books.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Money.
(d) Photographs.

4. What does Joey make Merry promise to do?
(a) Get good grades.
(b) Always take care of him.
(c) Come see him next weekend.
(d) Not get married too soon.

5. Who surprisingly attends Grandma Zelda's burial service?
(a) Aunt Cilla.
(b) Mrs. Cohen.
(c) Joey.
(d) Uncle Ed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lulu and Merry's religion?

2. Where does Lulu's mother send Merry during the argument?

3. Joey is almost a licensed _______________.

4. What role does Lulu assume in the family?

5. How much time passes between the holiday and when Merry gets to visit her father in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflicting emotions does Merry have when Dr. Cohen takes her to the prison to see her father?

2. What pressures does Merry feel while living with the Cohens?

3. Who takes Merry to see her father in prison?

4. What are some of the things that happen to Merry at the hands of bullies at the orphanage?

5. What reason does Joey give to Merry for why he stabbed her that day?

6. Who is Aunt Cilla and why does she refuse to take Lulu and Merry into her home?

7. What happens to Lulu's hopes for being adopted by the parents of a high school girl who volunteers to spend time with Lulu?

8. What is Lulu's secret wish as she encounters her father at the cemetery?

9. What promise does Grandma Zelda force Lulu to make?

10. How do Joey and Celeste's passions eventually lead to murder?

(see the answer keys)

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