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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 Mary Rose think the air around her house smells like?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Cow poop.
(c) Rotten eggs and gasoline.
(d) Bleach.

2. In Part I, how long has it been since Potter's death?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six days.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six years.

3. How does Robert Whitehead feel about Mary Rose's choice to help Gloria Ramirez?
(a) He thinks she did it because she is mentally ill.
(b) He thinks she did the right thing.
(c) He resents her for it.
(d) He thinks she did it for attention.

4. What does Debra Ann leave for Jesse in her first bag of gifts?
(a) A pad of paper and a pen.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Creamed corn, gum, and a brown crayon.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

5. How does Debra Ann find the man who is living in the drain pipe?
(a) She looks and observes.
(b) Her pastor tells her there is a man living in the drainpipe.
(c) Her father tells her to stay away from the drainpipe, so she goes looking there.
(d) She hears about him from her friend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which child from town used to love to talk with Potter and still comes around to see Corrine?

3. Who does Corrine insinuate is a bigot in Part II?

4. What does Mary Rose ask Aimee Jo to do as soon as Gloria comes into the house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Debra Ann's name not spelled the way Ginny wanted it to be?

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

3. What injury does Jesse Belden have that made it so that he did not notice Debra Ann coming into his hiding place?

4. What does Debra Ann want most in the world that she asks her paper fortune-teller?

5. In Part I, why does Debra Ann like coming to the Shepard house so much?

6. In Part I, what is one major reason why Gloria changes her name to Glory after her rape?

7. In Part I, what object gives Mary Rose comfort as she opens the door to Gloria Ramirez?

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

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

10. In Part I, what piece of advice from her uncle does Gloria remember as she tries to escape from Dale Strickland?

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