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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 is the nickname Mama hates?
(a) Mama.
(b) Lena.
(c) Norma Jeana.
(d) Mommy.

2. What is Papa doing as the story opens?
(a) Working .
(b) Drawing house plans.
(c) Reading the paper.
(d) Playing poker.

3. What does Lark have in her hand after the train leaves the station?
(a) Her sin notebook and her bedtime book.
(b) A doll and a clean sweater.
(c) A hanky and her ticket.
(d) A sandwich and a soda.

4. What kind of robe does Lark wear when she goes with her father to play poker?
(a) Yellow chenille.
(b) Yellow satin.
(c) Pink chenille.
(d) Pink satin.

5. What list is Lark called on to recite to the nuns during class?
(a) The Fourteen Stations of the Cross.
(b) The Twenty Steps to Salvation.
(c) The Seven Deadly Sins.
(d) The Ten Commandments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lark sing while she's washing Aunt Betty's dishes?

2. What kind of soup does Mr. Wendell give Lark?

3. What is Lark's favorite sandwich?

4. What had Mama thrown at Papa once when he called her a hated nickname?

5. Where does Mama say Uncle Stan is going when he leaves the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lark get her name?

2. Why does a committee want Mrs. Stillman dismissed from her teaching job?

3. What is Papa's first excuse for where he'd been all night? What does he eventually admit about it?

4. Describe what happens when Lark tells Mr. McPhee that Marjorie is in limbo.

5. Briefly describe what Lark observes and fells during the funeral.

6. Describe the condition of Aunt Betty's house when Lark and Mama arrive.

7. Describe the Cape Ann.

8. How is the laundry done while Mama and Lark are visiting Aunt Betty?

9. What is the significance of what Lark tells Mama while Lark is pretending to be Mrs. Brown?

10. What is the response of the nun when Lark asks if playing poker is a sin, and why does she respond in that manner?

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