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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen tell Cathy?
(a) She hates her.
(b) She crushed the life out of her daughter.
(c) She needs to leave her husband.
(d) She will be a good mother.

2. What does Billy find?
(a) James' diary.
(b) Drugs.
(c) The picture of Helen and James.
(d) His mother's wedding ring.

3. Who do Cathy and Dan think Helen has been intimate with?
(a) Billy.
(b) James.
(c) Mr. Brown.
(d) No-one.

4. What has the policeman from the church found?
(a) A scarf Helen left backstage.
(b) He discovered that Helen called Mr. Brown from her home.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Billy's criminal record.

5. What is Diggs trying to tell James?
(a) He is angry at him.
(b) Everything is all right.
(c) To leave him alone.
(d) To let Billy back.

6. What does James see in a tree?
(a) A hat.
(b) A nest.
(c) A bird.
(d) Nothing.

7. What has Cathy been doing when she picks Helen up from school?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Crying.
(c) Talking with the principal.
(d) Visiting a psychologist.

8. What happens when James and Helen touch for the first time at school?
(a) She passes out.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He passes out.
(d) Helen has a memory.

9. Why is Helen nervous as she sets the table?
(a) She isn't sure where she is supposed to sit.
(b) She isn't used to modern silverware.
(c) She is worried that an insignificant detail will betray her.
(d) She is feeling a little sick.

10. What does Helen smell as she prays for James?
(a) Apples.
(b) Wet hay and warm milk.
(c) Gardenias.
(d) Nothing.

11. What does Helen learn about after breakfast the next morning?
(a) The dangers of disobeying God's will.
(b) Nothing. Her parents won't talk with her.
(c) Her school schedule.
(d) Dating wholesome boys.

12. Who does Helen try to protect in her memory?
(a) James.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Her daughter.

13. What does Helen take a picture of?
(a) Her and James together.
(b) The house James lives in.
(c) The dog.
(d) The car.

14. What do James and Helen do backstage?
(a) They try on old costumes.
(b) They talk.
(c) They have sex.
(d) They try to delve into Helen's true past.

15. How does Helen feel after she has read her piece?
(a) Angry.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Sad.
(d) Free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen say when Cathy asks if she has been intimate with anyone in school?

2. What does the person to whom she reads her writing do?

3. How does Mitch react when James comes home with Helen?

4. What does Helen announce after smelling gardenias in the room?

5. How does James get along with Billy's friends?

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