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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lottie's mother?
(a) Mary.
(b) Siobbhan.
(c) Bridget.
(d) Rose.

2. Charles attributes Lottie's family's hardships to _____________________.
(a) Floods.
(b) Lack of education.
(c) Her father being a lazy alcoholic.
(d) The bad economy.

3. Where is Charles' dead body found?
(a) The river.
(b) An alley.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A warehouse.

4. Men who order their wives around by command treat them like _______________.
(a) School girls.
(b) Indentured servants.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Slaves.

5. Lottie says that a person can tell how a man feels about his wife by _____________________.
(a) The trips he arranges for the couple.
(b) The way he addresses her in public.
(c) The size of the house in which they live.
(d) The expensive gifts he gives her.

6. What happens to Roy in the year after his affair with another woman?
(a) He leaves his wife.
(b) He contracts AIDS.
(c) He is murdered.
(d) He moves to New York.

7. Who is Betty's father?
(a) Morgan.
(b) Charles.
(c) James.
(d) Martin.

8. Why is no serious search ever launched for Roy's killer?
(a) Everyone believes he deserved to die anyway.
(b) Roy committed suicide.
(c) They don't have the manpower.
(d) Someone confessed to the crime.

9. At what age did Lottie have to leave school?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

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

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

12. Which of the following does Trudy's husband steal?
(a) Copper.
(b) Cars.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

13. What do the men in Lottie's family do all day, every day?
(a) Sing.
(b) Drink.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Curse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main activity of the women's group that Lottie forms.

2. What is the cause of Charles' death?

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

4. Despite her dislike for Trudy, who still finds a way to help the woman care for her children?

5. What does Lottie note about Sade's quilt when she sees it at Sade's house?

(see the answer keys)

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