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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What surprises Lottie about Betty?
(a) Betty wants to move away.
(b) Betty is Valedictorian of her class.
(c) Betty is in love with a boy in another town.
(d) Betty is a wonderful singer.

3. Who moves in with Lottie after Betty leaves?
(a) Polly.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Ava.
(d) Delia.

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

5. Lottie had come to believe that Betty _____________________.
(a) Did not like to quilt.
(b) Was in love with Joey.
(c) Had no ideas of her own.
(d) Wanted to open a bakery.

6. Betty learns that Herman has joined the _______________.
(a) Air Force.
(b) Army.
(c) Navy.
(d) Marines.

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

8. Trudy gives birth to __________________.
(a) A boy.
(b) Twin boys.
(c) A girl.
(d) Twin girls.

9. Who is with Betty when she goes into labor?
(a) No one.
(b) Polly.
(c) Lottie.
(d) Trudy.

10. What do women in the community often ask Lottie?
(a) If she will open a restaurant.
(b) If she will teach them to quilt.
(c) If she will ever remarry.
(d) If she will run for mayor.

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

12. How had Betty met the young man in #142 many years ago?
(a) They met at a Spring dance.
(b) They went to the same church.
(c) They were in the same class at school.
(d) His father leased the mill and farm after Charles died.

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

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

15. How many children does Trudy have in Chapter 12?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lottie comments that "Anytime somebody's not looking after themselves, ________________________."

2. What does Bridget make some of the local women in Ireland do while she is there?

3. How does Lottie feel about the name given to Betty's child?

4. What does Betty name her child?

5. What does Lottie have delivered to Trudy's house?

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