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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. Which girl keeps watch for the boys?
(a) Lux.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Therese.
(d) Mary.

2. What does Mr. Lisbon talk about with the neighborhood fathers who come to visit?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Football.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Lawn care.

3. How do the girls reach out to the boys?
(a) They contact them with Therese's radio.
(b) They send a signed letter through the mail.
(c) They leave anonymous notes in mailboxes.
(d) They make prank phone calls.

4. What happens to Mr. Lisbon over Christmas vacation?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) He learns to ski.
(c) He buys a new car.
(d) He leaves his job.

5. What do Trip and Lux do under the bleachers?
(a) Dance.
(b) Smoke cigarettes.
(c) Drink peach schnapps.
(d) Make love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Lux in the hospital?

2. When the boys call the Lisbon girls the second time, what do they do?

3. Whose car do the boys take to the dance?

4. What song's lyrics are published in the newspaper as a possible cause of the Lisbon girls' suicides?

5. What does Mr. Lisbon use paint cans for in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Lisbon's behavior at school change after Cecilia's suicide?

2. What was the media's first reaction to Cecilia's suicide, and why?

3. How do the Lisbon girls save, at least temporarily, their elm tree?

4. How did Trip Fontaine "make his move" regarding Lux?

5. Describe three ways in which the Lisbon girls tried to contact the boys.

6. How do the boys spend the early part of the evening on June 15?

7. What is Mrs. Lisbon's reaction to Lux's disobedience?

8. What happens on Trip Fontaine's vacation in Acapulco that changes his life significantly?

9. How did the three older girls end their evening at the dance?

10. Describe Mary Lisbon's favorite way to pass time during the imprisonment.

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