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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strikes Halley about her grandmother when she arrives in Buffalo to visit her?
(a) How she has changed and become irritable.
(b) How pale and small she looks.
(c) How very tired she seems.
(d) How much her mother looks like her.

2. What does Scarlett tell Halley about Macon?
(a) He is outside her door under arrest.
(b) He has been arrested and is in jail.
(c) He is not there, though the police released him.
(d) He died in the car accident.

3. What does Halley's mother tell her about Macon?
(a) That he isn't good for her.
(b) That she needs to go live with her grandmother.
(c) That he is dangerous.
(d) That she wants to get to know him better.

4. Why does Halley tell her mother that she never gives her a chance?
(a) Because she assumes she went back to Macon.
(b) Because she wouldn't let her talk to Macon alone.
(c) Because all she does is yell at Halley.
(d) Because she never trusts Halley.

5. What does Scarlett tell Halley that she is thinking of taking?
(a) Parenting classes.
(b) A birthing class.
(c) An adoption seminar.
(d) A therapy session.

6. Which of the following emotions best describes how Macon feels on the drive home?
(a) Furious.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Surprised.

7. Why does Scarlett seem so extremely angry with Macon?
(a) Because Halley is so hurt.
(b) Because Macon did not respect Michael.
(c) Because of her pregnancy hormones.
(d) Because Macon won't leave Halley alone.

8. What does Scarlett give Halley when she stops by her house on New Year's Eve?
(a) A pep talk.
(b) A speech.
(c) A pregnancy book.
(d) Condoms.

9. What is Scarlett doing when Halley goes over to say goodbye?
(a) Sitting on the couch eating.
(b) Reading her pregnancy books and listening to the radio.
(c) Trying to get rid of a bad smell no one else can smell.
(d) Making her mother breakfast.

10. What does Halley hear her father telling her mother as she falls asleep?
(a) To stop crying.
(b) To let it go.
(c) To let Macon alone.
(d) To hug her daughter.

11. Why doesn't Halley even try to picture Macon?
(a) Because she says it hurts.
(b) Because her mother forbade her to.
(c) Because he is dead.
(d) Because he abandoned her at the scene.

12. What happened to Halley's grandmother?
(a) She had a heart attack.
(b) She fell and was hurt.
(c) She died.
(d) She had a stroke.

13. What happens in this chapter that allows Halley to be released from her punishment?
(a) A date with Noah.
(b) A visit with her grandmother.
(c) An injury to one of Halley's relatives.
(d) Scarlett's doctor's appointment.

14. What makes Halley feel scared?
(a) Learning she didn't see the comet.
(b) Thinking about having sex with Macon.
(c) Leaving her grandmother in the home.
(d) Seeing her mother weep.

15. Who does Halley give as her emergency contact number?
(a) Scarlett.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Marion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarlett say that she is worried about Halley doing?

2. Where are Scarlett and Halley going in this chapter?

3. What does Halley realize about all of the things Macon has said to her?

4. Why is Scarlett called into Mr. Averby's office at the market?

5. What does Halley's mother tell her she will understand one day?

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