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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 Debra Ann often consult if she wants to hear about the future?
(a) Her book of the future.
(b) Her tarot card.
(c) Her paper fortune-teller.
(d) The local psychic.

2. What does Mary Rose call her gun?
(a) Old Yeller.
(b) Old Lady.
(c) Sleepy Girl.
(d) The Blitz.

3. What does Aimee say to Mary Rose when Mary Rose tells her she will keep her safe?
(a) Day in and day out?
(b) When can we go back to the ranch?
(c) Until August?
(d) Forever?

4. Why does Jesse Belden fail to hear Debra Ann when she first comes into his dwelling in Part II?
(a) The train tracks cover the noise.
(b) He has an inured ear.
(c) He is passed out from drinking.
(d) He is listening to music.

5. What does Gloria ask Mary Rose for when she is at the door?
(a) A phone.
(b) A glass of ice water.
(c) A beer.
(d) A slice of cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corrine tell Robert Whitehead when she sees him late at night in Part I?

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

3. What does Dale Strickland call Mary Rose?

4. What is Mary Rose's daughter's name?

5. What is Mary Rose's husband's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary Rose do at the church meeting in Part II that makes many in the town turn against her?

2. What does Mary Rose do that she never tells anyone about a few months before becoming pregnant with the son she is currently nursing in Part II?

3. What does Suzanne Ledbetter tell Mary Rose about Potter that Mary Rose has never heard before?

4. In Part I, what does Dale Strickland tell Mary Rose happened between him and Gloria?

5. Why do Debra Ann and Jesse seem to form a bond so quickly with each other?

6. In Part I, why had it been a bad winter for the Whitehead family?

7. In Part I, what does Mary Rose Whitehead think will be one of her happiest moments when she is on her deathbed?

8. In Part II, how does Mary Rose interact with her husband Robert?

9. What happens frequently to Mary Rose after moving to town that unsettles and enrages her?

10. What is Gloria's relationship with her mother Alma like in Part I of the book?

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