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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 explanation for his crimes does Joey give to Merry?
(a) He hated her mother.
(b) Her mother antagonized him.
(c) He has no explanation.
(d) He was high on drugs.

2. Who is the food vendor at Lulu's office building?
(a) Mick.
(b) Irv.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Ezra.

3. Lulu's daughters think that Lulu's parents _____________________.
(a) Died in a boating accident.
(b) Died from early diseases.
(c) Died in a car accident.
(d) Died from a murder-suicide.

4. Lulu is in a romantic relationship with a man named ___________________.
(a) Henry.
(b) Phil.
(c) Mike.
(d) Chad.

5. Why is Lulu apprehensive as Chapter 13 begins?
(a) She is delivering closing arguments in court.
(b) She is taking her driver's test.
(c) She has to dissect a human cadaver.
(d) She has a blind date.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the married man with whom Merry is having an affair in Chapter 16?

2. Lulu tells Drew that she has always thought her mother's death was _____________ fault.

3. What is the name given to the cadaver in Lulu's anatomy class?

4. Where does Lulu go after graduating college?

5. Drew sets Merry up on a date with Michael Epstein who is a/an _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Merry's gift of the onyx box create an emotional upheaval in Lulu's house?

2. What happens to Lulu due to trying to achieve in school?

3. In what ways does Lulu still take care of Merry and what destructive patterns has Merry established in her life?

4. Why does Merry have to visit her father in prison by herself?

5. What impact do their mother's death and their father's actions have on Lulu and Merry as they age?

6. What disappointments is Merry dealing with that make her give in and call her married lover to come over?

7. What letter does Merry get that sends her already fragile emotions into overdrive?

8. Why is Merry unhappy in her job as a victim's advocate?

9. What is Lulu doing after she graduates college?

10. Why does Cassandra's teacher think she needs therapy and what is Lulu's opinion of the recommendation?

(see the answer keys)

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