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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Codi feels that she could not survive what event?
(a) Leaving her hometown.
(b) The death of her sister.
(c) Losing a child.
(d) The death of her father.

2. What is the name of Emelina's husband?
(a) Loyd.
(b) J.T.
(c) Carlo.
(d) Homer.

3. When Codi and Hallie get home after the storm, what do they want to know?
(a) If animals go to heaven.
(b) Why their father brought them back.
(c) Where their mother is.
(d) Why they could not stay in the arroyo.

4. Where did the narrator and her lover meet?
(a) At a bar.
(b) Through a mutual friend.
(c) Medical school.
(d) On vacation.

5. What was the mother of Loyd's dog?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A dingo.
(d) A prairie dog.

6. Where is Emelina's husband detained at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Grace.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Texas.
(d) New Mexico.

7. Where was Hallie when she wrote the first letter Codi receives?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Chiapas.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Nicaragua.

8. Where is Homer's family from originally?
(a) Tucson.
(b) Grace.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Illinois.

9. How does Codi's father greet her when they are reunited after their two-year separation?
(a) He does not greet her.
(b) He shakes her hand shyly.
(c) He starts berating her.
(d) He hugs her fiercely.

10. Whom does Homer call for help rescuing Codi and Hallie?
(a) Viola.
(b) Dosa Althea.
(c) Uda.
(d) Emelina.

11. What is the reason that Codi thinks she felt out of place in high school?
(a) She was in a class for gifted students.
(b) Her father made her wear orthopedic shoes.
(c) She had braces and acne.
(d) She was forced to wear secondhand clothing.

12. What do Codi and Loyd pass on their last trip to Whiteriver?
(a) An abandoned mine and alfalfa fields.
(b) A factory and cornfields.
(c) A pasture and dairy farm.
(d) A hospital and alfalfa fields.

13. Where is Codi's father when she arrives at his house for the first time since returning to Grace?
(a) His darkroom.
(b) His kitchen.
(c) His bedroom.
(d) His garage.

14. What is the name of Loyd's dog?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Jesse.
(d) John.

15. What flowers decorate the graves?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Carnations.
(c) Roses.
(d) Marigolds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Homer Noline's family were the offspring of which of the Gracela sisters?

2. Emelina is organizing a fiesta for what holiday?

3. Who is having the flashback in chapter 3?

4. What did Homer do for Codi when she lost her baby?

5. Where have Codi and Hallie been playing in Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

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