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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could account for Lulu and Merry's mother's immature behavior?
(a) She was always spoiled at home.
(b) She never had any responsibilities.
(c) She was a teenager when she got pregnant and married.
(d) She was beautiful and catered to.

2. What is Lulu and Merry's religion?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Buddhism.

3. What role does Lulu assume in the family?
(a) Cook.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Caretaker.
(d) Trouble maker.

4. What does Merry work up the courage to ask her father one day?
(a) If he ever loved her mother.
(b) Why he killed her mother.
(c) Why he stabbed her.
(d) When he will get out of prison.

5. How much time has passed since Celeste's death?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) I8 months.
(d) 5 years.

6. Lulu tells Mrs. Cohen that she is scared because _______________________.
(a) She is afraid that she will be fatally attacked by the mean girls.
(b) She is afraid that Merry will kill herself.
(c) She won't be able to go to college.
(d) No boy will ever want to date her.

7. What gift had Mrs. Cohen given Lulu for Chanukah?
(a) Pearl earrings.
(b) A red sweater.
(c) A navy coat.
(d) A blue poncho.

8. What had Merry taken from Grandma Zelda's house as a memory for her?
(a) Some pretty plates.
(b) Some photographs.
(c) A sweater.
(d) A blanket.

9. The author gives the impression that Lulu was more interested in _______________ than her own children.
(a) Making money.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Her own beauty.
(d) Decorating.

10. How old is Merry's father when she visits him in Chapter 12?
(a) 41.
(b) 30.
(c) 49.
(d) 35.

11. Where do Lulu and Merry live in Chapter 4?
(a) Their grandmother's home.
(b) An orphanage.
(c) A foster home.
(d) Their aunt's home.

12. Where do Lulu and Merry go to live after the death of their grandmother?
(a) A boarding school.
(b) Lulu's godparents' home.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A foster home.

13. How does Lulu feel about visiting with Grandma Zelda?
(a) She dislikes the visits.
(b) She looks forward to the visits.
(c) She is grateful for the visits.
(d) She tolerates the visits.

14. Where does Lulu refuse to go with Merry and their grandmother?
(a) To the mall.
(b) To the cemetery.
(c) To BINGO night.
(d) To visit her father.

15. What is Joey's plea in the murder of his wife?
(a) Not guilty due to mental illness.
(b) Not guilty with an alibi.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Not guilty due to a crime of passion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cohen tell Lulu that Lulu has?

2. What is Joey's sentence for the murder of his wife?

3. Who surprisingly attends Grandma Zelda's burial service?

4. What does the bully take from Merry and her friends?

5. What are Lulu's parents fighting about?

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