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

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

3. What does Lark sometimes do while her mother is making business calls in St. Bridget?
(a) Swims at the pool.
(b) Visits her grandparents.
(c) Watches movies.
(d) Reads in the car.

4. What does Lark get for her seventh birthday?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) Nail polish.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) Roller skates.

5. When does Lark study the catechism with Papa?
(a) On Saturday mornings.
(b) Whenever Papa has a break from work.
(c) Never.
(d) While Mama is playing bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama look for in her purse?

2. Which kind of jelly bean does Lark eat first?

3. What is the gift Lark and Mama take Hilly and Mrs. Silliman?

4. What does Mama leave for Papa and Lark when she goes to play bridge?

5. What does Lark ask God to do before she goes to bed that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the relationships between Beverly, Sally and Lark changed over the summer break?

2. How does Christmas change for the family after the plans emerge to go to California?

3. What does Lark hear Mrs. Wheeler reveal to Mrs. Stillman?

4. Why does Lark refuse to go to Mass and what is Papa's reaction?

5. Where does Lark think Mama and Aunt Betty are going, and what is later discovered about their real intentions?

6. Describe the situation that arises when the hobo stops at Lark's house.

7. What is Papa's last-ditch effort to try to get Mama to remain? What are the reactions of Mama and Lark?

8. What does Mama say about the war's effect on her business?

9. What is the argument Mama and Papa have over whether to buy a car or a house? What are the arguments of each?

10. What does Aunt Betty say about suicide and how does that compare to what Papa says?

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