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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Loretta discover when she visits her father after moving away?
(a) That he is missing.
(b) That he has been killed.
(c) That he has been institutionalized.
(d) That he has gotten remarried.

2. To whom does Loretta go for help while Howard is gone?
(a) Rita.
(b) Bernie.
(c) Brock.
(d) Her father.

3. Why is Jules so anxious at the bank when cashing Bernard's checks?
(a) Jules is afraid he will be robbed.
(b) Jules has forged the check amounts.
(c) He doesn't believe that the checks are real.
(d) Jules is waiting for his accomplice to rob the bank.

4. How long is Pat in jail?
(a) Four months.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eighteen months.

5. What does Nadine know about why Bernard was killed?
(a) She thinks it is because he didn't pay his bookie.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She knows it is because he got involved with the wrong people.
(d) She knows who killed him, and why.

6. Why does Jules steal a car?
(a) To drive himself and Nadine to Texas or Mexico.
(b) To drive himself and Nadine to Canada.
(c) To drive himself to Seattle.
(d) To drive himself to California.

7. What does Loretta force Maureen to do for Pat?
(a) Wash his laundry.
(b) Perform sexual favors for him.
(c) Give him backrubs.
(d) Shave his chest.

8. Who cooks and waits up for Pat every night?
(a) Loretta.
(b) Maureen.
(c) No one.
(d) Betty.

9. Why is Loretta arrested?
(a) Distributing narcotics.
(b) Leaving her children unattended.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Carrying a concealed weapon.

10. Who is Maureen?
(a) Brock's aunt.
(b) Loretta's older daughter.
(c) Howard's sister.
(d) Mrs. Wendall's niece.

11. Why does Maureen need money immediately?
(a) To make a deposit for her college application.
(b) To pay Pat's bookie.
(c) To get out of her parents' house.
(d) To buy a gun.

12. When Pat comes home after witnessing Maureen's actions, what does he do?
(a) He packs Maureen's things and throws them onto the lawn.
(b) He calls the police.
(c) He beats Maureen severely.
(d) He talks to Loretta about Maureen's actions.

13. Who is Bernie Malin?
(a) Loretta's cousin.
(b) A boy Loretta has been seeing.
(c) One of Loretta's father's friends.
(d) One of Brock's friends.

14. In what condition is Pat when he comes home at night?
(a) He comes home late and drunk.
(b) He usually doesn't come home.
(c) He comes home exhausted and cranky from working late.
(d) He comes home in a good mood many nights.

15. What happens to Jules while he and Nadine are on the road?
(a) He receives word that his mother is dead.
(b) He is shot and killed.
(c) He gets dysentery.
(d) He is hit by a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maureen feel about her parents?

2. What are Maureen's responsibilities on a daily basis?

3. How does Loretta feel about Mrs. Wendall?

4. What does Jules dream of when looking at maps and books?

5. Why doesn't Maureen have a job?

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