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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only food Betty will eat when she is twelve?
(a) Cornbread.
(b) Pork chops.
(c) Apples.
(d) Oatmeal.

2. Why does Charles ridicule his wife?
(a) For not taking care of Betty's health.
(b) For gaining lots of weight.
(c) For burning a pie.
(d) For breaking her leg.

3. What is Lottie's friend, Sade's, last name?
(a) Voiles.
(b) MaGee.
(c) Dunaway.
(d) Dupin.

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

5. Betty's mother thinks Betty's diet is fine as long as ____________________.
(a) She eats enough to remain full.
(b) She takes vitamins too.
(c) She drinks her milk too.
(d) She grows out of this stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lottie is especially proud of her beautiful ________________.

2. In the Introduction, what does Marjorie state that her mother loved to do?

3. What does the doctor say is the source of Betty's illness?

4. What does Charles complain about much of the time?

5. In her teen years, Betty is not as interested in ________________ as other girls are.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Trudy Woodlief and why does she create such a stir when she arrives in town?

2. What is Lottie's recurrent romantic fantasy and how does her real life differ from the dream?

3. What illness does Betty contract as a child and what is the cause of it?

4. How does Lottie intervene in Sade's marriage regarding her cheating husband?

5. Why is Lottie so ashamed about Betty's illness?

6. How does the author show the close relationship between Lottie and Betty?

7. How does Lottie anonymously make sure that Trudy gets credit in Porter's store?

8. What is an easy way to differentiate the three characters in the book?

9. How does Lottie punish Charles for his unconscionable behavior regarding the death of the boy at the mill?

10. Why does Lottie take back the meal she had brought for Trudy and her children?

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