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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lark ask God to do before she goes to bed that night?
(a) Make Papa more tolerant.
(b) Help them get the new house.
(c) Keep her safe.
(d) Let Hilly visit her.

2. Why does Mama go out looking for Papa in the very early hours of Saturday morning?
(a) She's afraid he might have had a heart attack.
(b) She's afraid he's had a wreck.
(c) She's afraid he's gambling.
(d) She's afriad he's drinking.

3. Where does Grandpa go after supper?
(a) To the diner
(b) To the pool hall
(c) To bed
(d) To the theater

4. How much is Lark's allowance?
(a) Fifteen cents a week.
(b) A nickle a week.
(c) A quarter a week.
(d) A dollar a week.

5. What do Lark and her Mama do the night before Lark's first Communion?
(a) Pray.
(b) Read the catechism lessons.
(c) Make pies.
(d) Look at the book of house plans.

6. What is painted on the ends of Lark's crib?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Babies.
(d) Bunnies.

7. What kind of coat is Papa wearing when he goes outside the morning after Mama comes to look for him?
(a) He's not wearing one.
(b) A blue one that's too light for the cold weather.
(c) A brown one with a hood.
(d) A green one with a brown collar.

8. Where does Mama say she plans to go?
(a) Blue Lake.
(b) Colorado.
(c) California.
(d) Back to her mother's.

9. What kind of candy does Mama take from Lark?
(a) A black jelly bean.
(b) An orange gumdrop.
(c) An orange jelly bean.
(d) A green gumcrop.

10. What is the gift Lark and Mama take Hilly and Mrs. Silliman?
(a) Pumpkin pie.
(b) A book.
(c) Jell-o salad.
(d) A drawing.

11. When does Mama go to play bridge?
(a) Whenever her friends call.
(b) The second Saturday of every month.
(c) Every Friday.
(d) Every second Friday.

12. How does Lark get a letter to Hilly?
(a) She drops it off herself.
(b) She leaves it on the doorstep.
(c) She sends it with her mother.
(d) She mails it.

13. What does Lark say her name is as she approaches Mama and Aunt Betty?
(a) Lark Ann Browning Erhardt.
(b) Sally Ann.
(c) Mrs. Brown.
(d) Myrna Loy.

14. What is the present Mama brings Lark from one of her trips?
(a) A scrapbook.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A harmonica.

15. What does Aunt Betty ask for as soon as she wakes from her fever?
(a) Chicken soup.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama make for Sally, Beverly, and Lark as they study catechism at Lark's house?

2. How much does Papa need to pay off his gambling debts?

3. What is the news Mama has after she buys the roast in town?

4. What does she say about that kind of jelly bean?

5. What does Mama say her marriage was like?

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