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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bridget always refuse to do?
(a) Wear a store-bought dress.
(b) Work in the fields.
(c) Drive a car.
(d) Learn to speak English.

2. From what state has the woman in #55 moved?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Montana.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Louisiana.

3. Sade's husband has an affair after ___________________.
(a) His midlife crisis.
(b) Sade goes through menopause.
(c) His cancer scare.
(d) He loses his job.

4. What is Lottie's religion?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Catholic.

5. In what state does A CURE FOR DREAMS begin?
(a) Maine.
(b) California.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Kentucky.

6. Lottie points out other women in the club to Betty as examples of __________________.
(a) Bad hairstyles.
(b) Wonderful style.
(c) Compassionate people.
(d) Happy marriages.

7. What does Lottie do with her dinner that makes Charles angry?
(a) She gives it to the neighbor's dogs.
(b) She flushes it down the commode.
(c) She throws it on the floor.
(d) She puts in on the garden.

8. How can Lottie best be described?
(a) Psychopathic.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Shy.
(d) Sullen.

9. Betty notes a correlation between economic hardship and __________________.
(a) Murders.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Illness.
(d) Burglaries.

10. What are Franklin D. Roosevelt's national recovery programs called?
(a) Fair and Square.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out.
(d) It's About Time.

11. What type of business does Charles run?
(a) Gas station.
(b) General store.
(c) Mill.
(d) Men's clothing store.

12. Who do most Americans blame for the Great Depression?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

13. Trudy's children are known to be _________________.
(a) Thieves.
(b) Good musicians.
(c) Good students.
(d) Very shy.

14. Who is Betty's first true friend?
(a) Trudy Woodlief.
(b) Melanie Kerrigan.
(c) Joanne Shroyer.
(d) Margie Watson.

15. What is John Carroll's job?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Sheriff deputy.
(c) Electrician.
(d) Truck driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the U.S. President at the beginning of the Great Depression?

2. How is Trudy able to get credit in the store?

3. Where do Lottie and her husband move when they leave Kentucky?

4. What is the person in #55 doing when Lottie and Betty visit?

5. Who is Betty's father?

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