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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Betty deliver her baby?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) At the midwife's office.
(c) At Lottie's house.
(d) At a bus station.

2. Betty's baby is born at nearly _________________ in the evening.
(a) Eleven o'clock.
(b) Eight o'clock.
(c) Six o'clock.
(d) Ten o'clock.

3. Who says that maternity wards are just a way to trick people out of money?
(a) Lottie.
(b) Polly.
(c) Sade.
(d) Trudy.

4. How is Betty unlike other people at parties?
(a) She is anti-social.
(b) She does not drink.
(c) She leaves early.
(d) She cannot dance.

5. How can Herman avoid military service?
(a) He is a conscientious objector.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He has flat feet.
(d) He is dyslexic.

6. Why does Trudy tell Betty that Trudy will not have any more children?
(a) She can't take care of the ones she has now.
(b) She does not have a husband.
(c) She will have an abortion first.
(d) She has had a preventive procedure.

7. What is Betty's first job in Richmond?
(a) Clerk.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Hair stylist.
(d) Waitress.

8. Why does Lottie send Betty to Trudy's house with a hammer and nails?
(a) To fix furniture.
(b) To build tables.
(c) To make clothes hooks.
(d) To hang pictures.

9. Betty gives birth to ___________________.
(a) A stillborn child.
(b) A baby girl.
(c) A baby boy.
(d) Twin boys.

10. Betty discovers that all of her father's family moved from Kentucky to ___________________.
(a) Ohio.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

11. What does Lottie have delivered to Trudy's house?
(a) Food.
(b) Car.
(c) A baby crib.
(d) Christmas gifts.

12. Herman's eagerness to go to war demonstrates __________________.
(a) His fears.
(b) His aggression.
(c) His patriotism.
(d) His naivete.

13. Betty says that her earliest memories are of ____________________.
(a) Children singing.
(b) Train whistles.
(c) Birds chirping.
(d) Women talking.

14. At what department store does Betty get her second job?
(a) Bloomingdale's.
(b) Kohl's.
(c) Kresge's.
(d) Macy's.

15. What consumes Herman's thoughts during the honeymoon?
(a) Having a baby.
(b) Getting a job.
(c) Going to war.
(d) Building a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Herman's letters fill Betty with __________________.

2. How do Lottie and Betty travel back to Kentucky?

3. Betty decides to deliver her baby _____________________.

4. Where is Betty when she goes into labor?

5. Why does Lottie not plan to remarry?

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