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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Homecoming, Bart, pretending to be Malcolm, demands toast and ________ for breakfast.
(a) Apricot Marmalade.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tobacco pipe.

2. Whose hair does Malcolm write about cutting in his journal?
(a) Alicia's.
(b) Olivia's.
(c) Corinne's.
(d) Violet Blue's.

3. When Chris sneaks from the house to speak with Corinne a second time, what does John Amos order Bart to do?
(a) Read Malcolm's journal.
(b) Make a big scene.
(c) Bury Apples body.
(d) Report everything he hears.

4. What weakness does Chris point out when trying to persuade Cathy not to dance in the ballet?
(a) Ruptured disc.
(b) Weak ankles.
(c) Torn Achilles.
(d) Trick knee.

5. Where does Bart discover Clover's body?
(a) The rich woman's rose bushes.
(b) Hollow tree.
(c) Fish pond.
(d) Apple's barn.

6. Which day does Bart say is the best of the week?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Wednesday.

7. Feeling pain makes Bart feel like he isn't a _______.
(a) Man.
(b) Human.
(c) Prodigy.
(d) Freak.

8. During Chris and Corinne's first confrontation, how does Jory know Bart is in the room?
(a) He hears sounds in the corner.
(b) He smells him.
(c) Bart is never far from Corinne.
(d) Instinct.

9. When Bart ties Apple to a cart, and pretends to be a cowboy, his grandmother joins his make-believe by pretending to be a _________?
(a) Schoolmarm.
(b) Indian.
(c) Prairie widow.
(d) Prospector.

10. During their second confrontation, Corinne asks Chris if he loves Cathy as a man loves a _______.
(a) Mistress.
(b) Sister.
(c) Friend.
(d) Wife.

11. In Gathering Darkness, what does Chris use to coax Bart out of bed?
(a) Fish hatching.
(b) Lemon pie.
(c) Chicken legs.
(d) Ant terrarium.

12. What does Bart say to deter Emma from following through with her threat to spank him?
(a) He was digging in Apple's poop.
(b) He would cut up all of Cindy's clothes.
(c) He'd tell him mom.
(d) He'll kill her if she touches him.

13. What does Chris call the old woman next door after he meets her?
(a) Mother.
(b) Mrs. Malcolm.
(c) Sister Mary.
(d) Corinne.

14. What was Cathy's dancing name?
(a) Cathy Marquet.
(b) Katie Malcolm.
(c) Catherine Winslow.
(d) Catherine Dahl.

15. What does Bart say he has bad genes from in the chapter titled Honor Thy Mother?
(a) Inbreeding.
(b) Coming second.
(c) Taking too long to be born.
(d) Daddy Bart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the psychiatrist tell Chris and Cathy that Bart seems programmed for?

2. What does Bart accuse Corinne of doing to Apple after he returns from the hospital?

3. In the Horns of Dilemma, what does Bart talk about to Cathy that she finds disturbing?

4. What is John Amos's last name?

5. What do Cathy's doctors confine her to after her accident?

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