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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hilly wearing in Lark's dream?
(a) His army uniform.
(b) His swimming trunks.
(c) Torn blue jeans.
(d) His new robe.

2. How much does Papa need to pay off his gambling debts?
(a) Eighty dollars.
(b) A thousand dollars.
(c) Two hundred, fifty dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

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

4. What act does Lark perform with Father Delias after the Communion?
(a) She kisses the back of his hand.
(b) She curtsies.
(c) She gives him a sprig of lilac.
(d) She kisses his cheek.

5. Where does Beverly live by this point in the story?
(a) At the depot.
(b) In a tarpaper shack .
(c) Above the cafe.
(d) Near the hobo jungle.

6. Where is Sally when Lark comes out of the confessional after her practice?
(a) She's at the altar.
(b) She's entering the confessional.
(c) She's gone.
(d) She's in the front pew.

7. What does Mama say her marriage was like?
(a) Like having a hippopotamus sitting on her face.
(b) Like having a elephant sitting on her chest.
(c) Like having a giraffe in her car.
(d) Like having a wild cat in her pocket.

8. What does Mama look for in her purse?
(a) A hanky.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A comb.
(d) Candy.

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

10. What does Papa tell Lark she has to do before Mass?
(a) Eat.
(b) Prepare for confession.
(c) Wash her hair.
(d) Study her catechism.

11. Who is visiting Mrs. Stillman when Lark arrives?
(a) Lark's mother.
(b) Mrs. Nelson.
(c) Mrs. Wheeler.
(d) Beverly's mother.

12. What is the news Mama has after she buys the roast in town?
(a) Hilly is dead.
(b) The Germans are bound to attack.
(c) Papa will have to go to war.
(d) Pearl Harbor has been bombed.

13. What does Mama make for Sally, Beverly, and Lark as they study catechism at Lark's house?
(a) Hot milk and chocolate pie.
(b) Cocoa and cinnamon toast.
(c) Coffee with milk and chocolate cookies.
(d) Tea and ginger snaps.

14. What two words does Lark say have an ominous ring of finality?
(a) Taxes and confession.
(b) Death and divorce.
(c) Confession and death.
(d) Divorce and taxes.

15. Where does Lark tell Mama she's going?
(a) Blue Lake.
(b) Home.
(c) Colorado.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is Lark's favorite jelly bean?

2. What dessert does Papa insist he wants for supper on the evening after Hilly's funeral?

3. What does Aunt Betty say she'd been doing during the day while Lark was at school?

4. What do Mama, Aunt Betty, and Lark do the afternoon after attending Mass?

5. How does Lark say she knows that the young prince went to Heaven after committing suicide?

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