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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 does Loretta do every night while waiting for Pat to come home?
(a) Does dishes.
(b) Reads.
(c) Darns socks.
(d) Goes to bed.

2. What happens to Jules on one of the nights when he runs away?
(a) He witnesses the aftermath of a plane crash.
(b) He is kidnapped.
(c) He is hit by a car.
(d) He gets lost in a burning building.

3. What does Jules focus on after his father's death?
(a) Making money to escape his life of poverty.
(b) Becoming the man of the family.
(c) Getting good grades, to be able to attend college.
(d) Trying to set his mother up with a good man.

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

5. What happens when Jules visits Nadine?
(a) He seduces her.
(b) She robs him.
(c) He rapes her.
(d) She throws him out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of school do Loretta's children attend?

2. Why does Maureen need money immediately?

3. Why is Jules so anxious at the bank when cashing Bernard's checks?

4. Where is Mrs. Wendall living?

5. What does Jules do when he finds Bernard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What state is Maureen in as a result of her attack?

2. What do Maureen and Jules talk about when Jules visits her in Dearborn?

3. What is Loretta's situation at the beginning of the novel?

4. How does Jules feel about himself after the shooting?

5. What happens the night that Jules runs away and Loretta is frantic to find him?

6. Why does Howard leave the farm in Chapter 6 of the first book?

7. What happens to Bernard?

8. How does Loretta feel about Howard's absence?

9. What happens to Loretta after Howard's death?

10. How does Loretta react when Maureen tells her about Jim?

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