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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. Why does Hattie wake so early on the first day of Summer vacation?
(a) She has a dental appointment.
(b) She is leaving on vacation.
(c) She is going to Summer School.
(d) She has to start breakfast.

2. Where does Hattie's paternal grandmother live?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) California.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Michigan.

3. Why does Hattie's father say that they never told her about Adam?
(a) They didn't want anyone to make fun of her.
(b) They were embarrassed about him.
(c) They didn't want to include him in family events.
(d) They didn't want her to worry.

4. Where does Angel Valentine work?
(a) A dress shop.
(b) A bank.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A museum.

5. Who is Adam intrigued by at the boardinghouse?
(a) Angel.
(b) Mama.
(c) Mr. Penny.
(d) Miss Hagerty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Adam return to the boardinghouse later that day?

2. What does Adam do when he meets Hattie?

3. What social function does Nana suggest that Hattie attend?

4. Adam tells Hattie to give him any date and he can tell her _______________________.

5. What is Papa wearing in the home movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Hattie's first impressions of Adam?

2. Why is Hattie so immediately drawn to Adam?

3. Why do Hattie and Adam equate themselves to being aliens?

4. What does Adam do with his drink at dinner that makes Nana chastise him?

5. Why does Nana have the perspective that she does regarding her daughter's family?

6. Why does Dad's being an artist put a strain on Hattie's relationship with Nana?

7. What does Adam mean when he says that Hattie is the kind of person who can "lift the corner of the universe"?

8. What grandmotherly figures does Hattie have in her life?

9. What are the three rules of the Owen family's boardinghouse?

10. What does Hattie mean when she says "before Adam" or "after Adam"?

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