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

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

3. What relationship exists between Nadine and Bernard?
(a) Niece and uncle.
(b) Mother and son.
(c) Sister and brother.
(d) Daughter and father.

4. Why does Maureen enjoy the library so much?
(a) She knows an education is the key to rising out of poverty.
(b) There is a librarian there that she has a crush on.
(c) She hopes to meet a man there who can take her away from her family.
(d) She associates the stillness with a life she hopes to someday have away from her family.

5. Who is Howard Wendall?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maureen's method of escape?

2. Why does Loretta feed Maureen sweets every day?

3. How long is Pat in jail?

4. Why does Faye take Jules home when she meets him?

5. During what years does the novel take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As a young adult, how does Maureen feel about her family?

3. What is the significance of the letters that Maureen writes?

4. What happens to Loretta after her building burns down during the riots?

5. What happens to Bernard?

6. Which of Jules's behaviors is particularly worrisome to Loretta?

7. What happens when Loretta visits her father for the first time after her marriage?

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

9. What is Jules and Nadine's relationship like after their reunion?

10. What does Jules do while trying to perform a magic trick for Maureen?

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