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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year is it in Chapter 9?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1938.

3. What happens to Sade after her husband's murder?
(a) She is happier than she has ever been.
(b) She is sent to prison.
(c) She moves to Vermont.
(d) She commits suicide.

4. Why does the person in #55 create a scene at the local store?
(a) Her order has been delayed.
(b) A clerk spills molasses on her.
(c) They are out of sugar.
(d) She is denied credit.

5. What do Lottie and Betty do after Charles refuses to take them to town to window shop?
(a) Hitchhike into town.
(b) Buy expensive dresses.
(c) Burn his dinner.
(d) Leave town for a few days.

6. Betty fits in well at school but still prefers the company of ____________________.
(a) Her dolls.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

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

8. Who narrates the story in Chapter 1?
(a) Lottie.
(b) Janelle.
(c) Betty.
(d) May Ellen.

9. Who is the U.S. President at the beginning of the Great Depression?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) William Harding.

10. Who did Lottie marry in 1917?
(a) Martin O'Leary.
(b) Charles Preston.
(c) Charles Davies.
(d) Paul Shannon.

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

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

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

14. What do the men in Lottie's family want their daughters to do?
(a) Cook for them.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Get married early.
(d) Work in the fields.

15. How does Lottie get Sade's husband to stop cheating on her?
(a) She asks the minister to talk to him.
(b) She spreads a rumor about the woman he has been seeing.
(c) She shoots him.
(d) She puts an ad in the local paper about his behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. The women playing cards say nice things to Trudy about ________________________.

2. What is the name of the local general store?

3. What does Lottie's mother do when she learns that Lottie is dating Charles?

4. What does Charles not allow Lottie to buy?

5. What does Lottie take with her when she and Betty leave Trudy's house?

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