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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Potter instruct Corrine to make sure the doctor listed as his cause of death?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Hunting accident.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart attack.

2. What is Mary Rose's husband's name?
(a) Robert Whitehead.
(b) Marvin Hallow.
(c) Jon Rutherford.
(d) Mark Ledbetter.

3. Which two characters become pregnant as teenagers at the same time?
(a) Grace and Karla.
(b) Suzanne and Grace.
(c) Ginny and Mary Rose.
(d) Corrine and Suzanne.

4. What did Ginny's grandmother used to say about beauty?
(a) It was in the eye of the beholder.
(b) It was the same as truth.
(c) It was not for people like them.
(d) It was all an illusion.

5. Where is Dale Strickland from?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Birmingham, Alabama.
(c) Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) Magnolia, Arkansas.

6. What highway does Ginny drive when she leaves Odessa?
(a) I-20.
(b) I-270.
(c) I-80.
(d) I-495.

7. What is the best meal Jesse tells Debra Ann he ever had?
(a) His grandmother's stew.
(b) Pizza and french fries.
(c) A milkshake and hamburger from his hometown diner.
(d) Pot roast and potatoes, or the steak the army gave him when he got back from overseas.

8. Which street does Corrine live on?
(a) Meadow Drive.
(b) Holland Street
(c) Larkspur Lane.
(d) Wysteria Row.

9. For what did Debra Ann's father spank her in Part II?
(a) Hanging around outside the strip club.
(b) Stealing money.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Drinking.

10. Which bartender does Corrine routinely talk to at one of her favorite bars?
(a) Eve.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Karla.
(d) Suzanne.

11. What does Ginny think about the way she loves her car?
(a) She will never love a man the way she loves her car.
(b) She will always both love and hate her car.
(c) She will always depend of the car, which is a kind of love.
(d) One day she will have to say good-bye to her car, and it will be like seeing a relative pass away.

12. What does Debra Ann take from Mrs. Shepard's that she and Jesse eat together?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Casseroles.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Beef jerky.

13. Why is Mary Rose seen as a pariah by the women in the church?
(a) She stands up for Gloria Ramirez and insults them when she calls out their racism.
(b) She does not want to pray.
(c) She is Jewish.
(d) She does not want to give to the church's relief fund.

14. What library book is still in the back of Ginny's car when she leaves town?
(a) Peyton Place.
(b) Art in America.
(c) George Washington: A President.
(d) An American Story.

15. Who gave Mary Rose her gun?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debra Ann often consult if she wants to hear about the future?

2. Who is Debra Ann waiting anxiously for to come home?

3. How does Mary Rose feel when her husband Robert leaves to go back to the ranch?

4. Which woman in the neighborhood watches all the children and calls their parents if they are doing something wrong?

5. What does Gloria change her name to after the rape?

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