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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mistake does Gertie make related to Easter?
(a) Buys Clovis a present which he dislikes
(b) Refuses to celebrate Easter
(c) Buys too much candy for her family
(d) Tries to shop on Good Friday

2. To whom does the youngest Meanwell girl talk?
(a) Gertie
(b) The Daly children
(c) Callie Lou
(d) Cassie

3. Why does Clytie say that Clovis is angry and throws the pan out into the snow?
(a) Ruining her life
(b) Abusing Gertie
(c) Venting his frustrations over his shift change
(d) Drinking

4. What does Clovis want Gertie to make Cassie do?
(a) Go to school regularly
(b) Stop talking to her imaginary friend
(c) Cleaning for the family and neighbors
(d) Cooking for the family

5. What kinds of food does Mrs. Anderson feed her children which would upset her husband?
(a) Fried foods
(b) Candy and treats
(c) Eggs and milk
(d) Pork products

6. When Gertie quotes from the Bible about drinking, which is the main message?
(a) Drinking is good
(b) People drink to hide their misery
(c) People drink to get away from their spouses
(d) Drinking is wrong

7. Which of the following terms best describes Gertie in Chapter 28?
(a) Relieved
(b) Grief stricken
(c) Surprised
(d) Morose

8. Where does Max go when she leaves Victor?
(a) West coast to see the sea
(b) To Europe
(c) East coast to see the sea
(d) To Canada

9. Which of the following bothers Gertie more and more every day?
(a) Clovis's scars
(b) Telling lies
(c) Labor relations
(d) Mr. Daly's preaching about the Catholics

10. What does Mrs. Anderson complain about having to give up for her husband's career?
(a) Drawing
(b) Painting
(c) Writing
(d) Sewing

11. To which organization does Clovis belong?
(a) Union
(b) Management
(c) Police
(d) Funeral directors

12. According to what Max tells Gertie, who controls Max's life and tells her how to live?
(a) No one, she controls her own life
(b) Victor's mother
(c) The Daly's
(d) Victor

13. Which of the following words best describes what the main activities were which filled Christmas Day for Gertie?
(a) Arguing
(b) Whining
(c) Playing
(d) Laughing

14. Which of the following characters does Gertie find out leads a double life?
(a) Mrs. Daly
(b) Mrs. Anderson
(c) Maggie
(d) Mrs. Bales

15. What put Clovis in a good mood at the end of chapter 23?
(a) Gertie cooking a fine meal on the new stove
(b) Winning the lottery
(c) Getting a pay raise
(d) Finding a note from Reuben

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes tension within the apartment complex?

2. What type of fight do Gertie's children get into in chapter sixteen?

3. Which of the following does not interrupt Gertie's dream?

4. Which of the following best describes Flint?

5. What makes the family turn into full production of making the dolls using the jigsaw in chapter 32?

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