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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. Who is Sue Benson?
(a) Maddy's mother.
(b) The woman Frank dumped Lucille for when they were young.
(c) Lucille's sister.
(d) Arthur's first wife.

2. Where does Arthur place Mr. and Mrs. Hamburger in Section 2?
(a) Back in the cabinet.
(b) Nola's headstone.
(c) He throws them away.
(d) He gives them to Lucille.

3. Who is Arthur's neighbor?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Lucille Howard.
(c) Maddy.
(d) Anderson.

4. What does Lucille reveal to Frank in Section 2?
(a) She is dying of cancer.
(b) She wears a wig.
(c) She is a millionaire.
(d) She has a daughter who disapproves of Frank.

5. How far is Arthur's house from the cemetery?
(a) 17 blocks.
(b) 25 blocks.
(c) 35 blocks.
(d) 2 blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sue?

2. How long did Frank's longest affair take place?

3. What is Maddy's last name?

4. What does Lucille show Arthur in Section 2?

5. What is different about Nola is the dream Arthur has about her in Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Lucille angry at Arthur in Section 1?

2. What is happening "more and more often" (4) to Arthur in Section 1?

3. Who is Gordon and how did he come into Nola and Arthur's life?

4. Who is Anderson and what is the first impression the reader gets of him in Section One?

5. What is the nickname that Maddy gives Arthur and how does he get it?

6. How does Maddy describe her relationship with the other kids in her school, in Section 2?

7. What does Arthur find on his porch in Section 2?

8. Who is Mr. Lyons and how does Maddy describe him in Section 1?

9. What do Lucille and Arthur talk about in Section 2?

10. What does Frank reveal about his ex-wife to Lucille, in Section 2?

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