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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. Who dies in Chapter Nine?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Rita.
(c) Doug.
(d) Bee.
2. Who insists that Ian attend a Parent/Teacher conference?
(a) Agatha.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Miss Pennington.
(d) Thomas.
3. What does Ian discover about the name Lucy Dean?
(a) It was the name of Lucy's ex-boyfriend.
(b) It was the name of Lucy's friend from school.
(c) It was Lucy's married name.
(d) It was Lucy's maiden name.
4. In Chapter Ten, how long have Rita and Ian been married?
(a) One year.
(b) Four months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.
5. What does Ian sing every December?
(a) "Dust off the fruitcake, it's Christmas again."
(b) "Silent Night."
(c) "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas."
(d) "Jingle Bells."
Short Answer Questions
1. Who declines Ian's invitation to walk her home after the dinner party?
2. Where does Ian meet Eli Everjohn?
3. In Chapter Six, when Ian sees Eli Everjohn for the second time at church, what does he ask him to do?
4. Why did the linen closet get wet?
5. What is the name of Rita and Ian's new baby?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Miss Pennington respond to Ian at the dinner party?
2. Describe Ian's uneasiness with Daphne and Gideon's relationship.
3. What is the weather in the spring of 1988?
4. How does Ian respond to Reverend Emmett advice to "view your burden as a gift"?
5. When Rita begins talking about having children, why is Ian reluctant at first?
6. Why does Doug want to keep particular items of Bee's when the children are cleaning out the house?
7. How is it evident that Daphne just wants what's best for her uncle Ian?
8. What does Daphne hang on the wall in the living room with the other family pictures?
9. When Rita begins to bleed while she's at the bar, how does Daphne's boyfriend Curt take charge of the situation?
10. Why does Agatha ask her siblings "What's happened to Ian?"
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