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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. How does Lulu's grandmother react when Lulu asks to see Merry in the hospital?
(a) She ignores her.
(b) She throws a book at her.
(c) She screams at her.
(d) She gets a migraine.

2. What is Mrs. Cohen's first name?
(a) Anne.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Lauren.
(d) Jane.

3. Where does Mrs. Cohen take Lulu and Merry?
(a) A festival.
(b) The mall.
(c) Out for ice cream.
(d) The museum.

4. To what does the author compare Merry's eyes?
(a) Mud balls.
(b) Chocolate chips.
(c) Tootsie Pops.
(d) Bon bons.

5. What does Grandma Zelda force Lulu to promise?
(a) That Merry and her father will be taken care of.
(b) That she will get a college education.
(c) That she will not get married too young.
(d) That she will look after her grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lulu and Merry's father?

2. How much time has passed since Celeste's death?

3. What does Merry wear to visit her father in prison?

4. Where does Lulu live after her mother's murder?

5. What weapon does Lulu's mother say that her husband has?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Joey plead in the murder of his wife and what is his sentence?

3. `What tragedy occurs as a result of Joey and Celeste's fight?

4. In Chapter 1, how does Joey get into the house and what do Lulu and Merry do as their parents fight?

5. In whose care is Lulu placed after her mother's death and how does she finally manage to visit Merry in the hospital?

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

7. On Thanksgiving Day, how does Merry finally get her point across that she wants to see her father?

8. How does Lulu describe her parents in the first chapters of the book?

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

10. What responsibility does Lulu feel toward Merry at the orphanage?

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