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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the girls reach out to the boys?
(a) They contact them with Therese's radio.
(b) They make prank phone calls.
(c) They send a signed letter through the mail.
(d) They leave anonymous notes in mailboxes.

2. What do the Lisbons do with the flowers they receive?
(a) They put them in vases.
(b) They leave them to rot.
(c) They dry them.
(d) They give them to hospital patients.

3. What does Trip ask Mr. Lisbon during fourth period?
(a) For help with his science homework.
(b) For permission to marry Lux.
(c) For a college recommendation.
(d) For permission to take Lux to Homecoming.

4. What song's lyrics are published in the newspaper as a possible cause of the Lisbon girls' suicides?
(a) "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
(b) "Virgin Suicide."
(c) "When Youth Sees No Future."
(d) "Cruel Crux."

5. What do the boys see Mary bring into her bedroom a few nights after their extended telephone exchange?
(a) A stray cat.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A card table.
(d) A black trunk.

6. Where does Mary go by herself?
(a) The orthodontist's office.
(b) The post office.
(c) The hairdresser.
(d) The dry cleaner.

7. What is Mary's favorite occupation?
(a) Looking at herself in the mirror.
(b) Painting.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Reading romance novels.

8. What does Mr. Lisbon often bring home for his daughters?
(a) Comic books.
(b) Records.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Magazines.

9. What does Mr. Lisbon attempt to flush down the toilet?
(a) A retainer.
(b) A dead mouse.
(c) M&Ms.
(d) Fish flies.

10. What object appears randomly around the neighborhood, including under windshield wipers and between bicycle spokes?
(a) Rosaries.
(b) Notes from the Lisbon girls.
(c) Plastic flowers.
(d) Laminated pictures of the Virgin Mary.

11. Which of the following is not a condition of the girls' attendance at the Homecoming dance?
(a) They have to drive to the dance with their parents.
(b) Mr. Lisbon is a dance chaperone.
(c) They all have to have dates.
(d) They have to be home by 11 p.m.

12. What does Bonnie carry on her nightly pilgrimages outside?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) Her pillow.
(c) A photo of Cecilia.
(d) A laminated picture of the Virgin Mary.

13. Where do the Lisbon girls spend the Day of Grieving?
(a) At home.
(b) Outside, behind the school.
(c) In their homerooms.
(d) In the bathroom.

14. What do Lux and Julie do instead of going to class?
(a) Smoke cigarettes.
(b) Read magazines.
(c) Meet boys behind the school.
(d) Go out for coffee.

15. What does Bonnie do outside the house each night?
(a) Says a rosary for Cecilia.
(b) Takes a walk.
(c) Has a chat with Uncle Tucker.
(d) Tends a small flower garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Old Mrs. Karafilis live?

2. What is Lux observed doing on the roof of the house?

3. What do the boys clean off the Lisbons' house?

4. When the boys call the Lisbon girls the second time, what do they do?

5. What happens to Mr. Lisbon over Christmas vacation?

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