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

2. What disease does Betty contract?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Pellagra.

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

4. Who does Sade tell the authorities probably killed her husband?
(a) Their son.
(b) His boss.
(c) Joe.
(d) A tramp.

5. Who is Betty Davies Randolph's mother?
(a) Lucinda Marjorie Shannon.
(b) Lottie O'Cadhain Davies.
(c) Lynn Mallory Dyer.
(d) Lorelie O'Shaughnessey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the Introduction?

2. Lottie says that a person can tell how a man feels about his wife by _____________________.

3. Why is Lottie angry about Charles' death?

4. What is the name of the community where Lottie and Betty live?

5. Betty's mother thinks Betty's diet is fine as long as ____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of A CURE FOR DREAMS?

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

3. What special talent does Lottie have and why does she take so much pride in it?

4. Why does friction develop between Charles and Lottie?

5. What does Lottie do when Charles does nothing when a boy is killed at the mill?

6. Describe how Charles and Lottie are so different from each other.

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

8. How does the author use punctuation to indicate the speakers in the story?

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

10. Because hers is not a happy marriage, how does Lottie instruct Betty in what to look for in satisfying relationships?

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