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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 the plaque that Mrs. Jones gives to the newlyweds say?
(a) "Bless This Mess."
(b) "Home Sweet Home."
(c) "God Bless This Home."
(d) "The Joneses."

2. Why is July unable to tell her parents of her marriage when she returns home from the wedding?
(a) Bo Jo doesn't want July's parents to know yet.
(b) July is too scared about their reactions.
(c) Her parents have people over.
(d) Her parents have gone out of town.

3. Why is July recounting the story of her teen marriage?
(a) To stop people from making the same mistakes.
(b) For the benefit of other teen couples.
(c) In order to make money.
(d) To tell her children about it.

4. Why does July have to fight back tears on the night before her wedding?
(a) July's siblings treat her cruelly.
(b) July doesn't want to get married.
(c) July's mother finds out about her pregnancy.
(d) July knows it will never be the same with her siblings again.

5. How does July get to a town fifty miles away?
(a) By bus.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By hitch-hiking.
(d) On a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Jones teach July before she and Bo Jo move into their own apartment?

2. What is the mood at the wedding ceremony?

3. What ring does July use to get married?

4. How is the justice of the peace described?

5. How much does July's father offer to pay Bo Jo for working for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does July spend the evening before her marriage ceremony?

2. How does Bo Jo react when July tells him that she is pregnant?

3. What does July learn about Louella Consuela after seeing her at the supermarket?

4. How do July's parents react to her marriage?

5. What does Bo Jo tell July while in study hall? Why is this news important to him?

6. Before the pregnancy, what were July's and Bo Jo's plans for the future?

7. What happens one night when July and Bo Jo go to the beach alone together?

8. How does July feel about Alice? What worries July during Alice and Charlie's visit?

9. Why does July go to a town that is fifty miles away?

10. What worry does Mary Ann confide to July about her boyfriend Alan?

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