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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of plant did Grandma Moore grow on her farm in West Texas?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Barley.
(d) Rye.

2. What food did Mary wake to find Charlie cooking, naked, at the oven in the middle of the night?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Onion soup.
(c) An omelette.
(d) Pancakes.

3. How did Lecia react when she heard the news that Grandma Moore had passed away?
(a) She began sobbing.
(b) She began vomiting.
(c) She began laughing.
(d) She began shaking.

4. What meal did Grandma Moore insist on eating rather than eating Pete's roadside gumbo?
(a) Red beans and rice.
(b) Jambalaya.
(c) Fried alligator.
(d) Shrimp remoulade.

5. In what room of the house did the Karr family eat their dinner until Grandma Moore came to stay with them?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In the dining room.
(c) In the bedroom.
(d) In the kitchen.

6. What name did Grandma Moore call Lecia in her drug-induced slumber at the hospital?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Jillian.
(d) Belinda.

7. What type of animal did Mary associate with the smell in Grandma Moore's bedroom while she was staying with the Karr family?
(a) Birds.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Mice.

8. What did Pete tell the girls was the most dangerous part of a man-of-war jellyfish?
(a) Its tentacles.
(b) Its skin.
(c) Its teeth.
(d) Its heart.

9. What method did Grandma Moore employ to ensure that Mary and Lecia exhibited "proper behavior"?
(a) She ignored the behavior.
(b) Reward charts.
(c) Daily beatings.
(d) Verbal attacks.

10. What color gown did Charlie see Marlene Dietrich wearing when she stepped out of the limousine?
(a) Gold.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

11. What song did Charlie sing under her breath while driving erratically through the rain-whipped streets during the hurricane?
(a) "Pirate Jenny".
(b) "Mack the Knife".
(c) "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse".
(d) "The Policeman and the BIshop".

12. What did Charlie spend her day doing while at the beach with her family soon after Grandma Moore's funeral?
(a) Drinking at the bar.
(b) Praying.
(c) Reading in the shade.
(d) Sleeping in the car.

13. Who took a death photograph of Charlie, thinking she wouldn't make it through the night?
(a) Charlie's sister.
(b) Charlie's mother.
(c) Charlie's grandmother.
(d) Charlie's aunt.

14. During what month of the year were the construction projects in the Karr family home complete, allowing for Grandma Moore to finally move in?
(a) November.
(b) May.
(c) February.
(d) August.

15. What condition was Mary's mother diagnosed with when Mary was a child?
(a) Sleep deprivation.
(b) Nervousness.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) Anorexia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompted the fight between Charlie and Pete on Mary's tenth birthday?

2. What distinct article of clothing was Charlie wearing in her death photograph?

3. What beverage did Charlie spend the day drinking at the Houston Zoo?

4. How did Pete react to having his mother-in-law move in with the family?

5. To which caged animal did Mary compare her mother while visiting the Houston zoo?

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