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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 happened to Dana in the end?
(a) Dana left town one night with her dad.
(b) Dana moved away with her family.
(c) Her mother took her and left town.
(d) Dana's aunt came and claimed Dana was her daughter.

2. Where did Zippy's mother work at for a short time?
(a) The drugstore.
(b) At a departments store in the next town over.
(c) The gas station.
(d) The diner.

3. What was Zippy and Rose's favorite game to play?
(a) Clue.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Tag.
(d) The Evil Queen.

4. What did Dana's parents do after work?
(a) They went to bars to drink.
(b) They went home to get ready for the next day.
(c) The went bowling.
(d) They gambled at the riverboats.

5. What was Zippy's father really good at?
(a) Working.
(b) Farming.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the big fight between Zippy's parents, what did Zippy's mom ask her father?

2. What did Zippy's dad have a copy of hanging on the wall in the house that was decoupaged?

3. What game did Dana and Zippy play when speaking?

4. On the night of her sister's slumber party, what did Zippy think she saw in the trees?

5. What did Zippy overhear Mrs. O'Dell say to Polly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Zippy learn about her dad from her adult sister?

2. What were Zippy's thoughts about a single moment?

3. Why did Zippy's mom get kicked out of Catholic school?

4. Why was Zippy so stunned by the question Melinda asks about their father: "Is he drinking?"

5. What was Sissy's idea of a good Christian and what did Zippy decide to do to become one?

6. Why did Zippy's mother tell Zippy she believed in God because she had to?

7. What did Zippy think of her father's belief in God after he took Zippy to his "church?"

8. What was the significance of the hippies moving into town?

9. What did Zippy mean when her mother rode off on her bike and Zippy thought, "It won't be long now."

10. Why did Zippy feel everything in her life changed when Dana moved to town?

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