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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Homer find Codi and Hallie?
(a) At a friend's house.
(b) Stranded in an arroyo.
(c) At school.
(d) In their attic.

2. The narrator states that Hallie left in what month?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) January.
(d) March.

3. What are Codi and Hallie doing when they are first introduced?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Crying.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Playing.

4. What is the name of the lover whom the narrator has just left?
(a) Carlo.
(b) J.T.
(c) Loyd.
(d) Homer.

5. What is the relationship between Homer Noline and Codi and Hallie?
(a) He is their brother.
(b) He is their father.
(c) He is their uncle.
(d) He is their grandfather.

6. Where does Codi bring her students in Chapter 11?
(a) To the river.
(b) To a morgue.
(c) To a hospital.
(d) To the zoo.

7. Hallie is working with farmers who are being destroyed by what group?
(a) The Manzanas.
(b) The Maracas.
(c) The Contras.
(d) The Policia.

8. How do Codi and Hallie see their father?
(a) As a remote, aloof caretaker.
(b) As a loving, sympathetic confidante.
(c) As a tyrannical disciplinarian.
(d) As a workaholic.

9. The orchards are full of what birds?
(a) Quail.
(b) Swans.
(c) Peacocks.
(d) Geese.

10. What does Codi do to become a heroine in Grace?
(a) She saves her sister from her kidnappers.
(b) She saves a baby who is choking.
(c) She wins a local election.
(d) She rescues a kitten who is drowning.

11. What did Homer do for Codi when she lost her baby?
(a) Sent her to therapy.
(b) Hospitalized her.
(c) Gave her a prescription for birth control.
(d) Prescribed painkillers for her.

12. How long has the narrator been away from the town where she grew up?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Twenty-seven years.

13. What do the mine owners plan to do to the river?
(a) Dump toxic waste into it.
(b) Stock it with fish.
(c) Divert it away from the orchards.
(d) Try to pan ore from it.

14. Who is having the flashback in Chapter 10?
(a) Hallie.
(b) Doc Homer.
(c) Uda Dell.
(d) Codi.

15. The group oppressing the farmers is supported by what government?
(a) The United States.
(b) Honduras.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Loyd's dog?

2. In Homer's flashback in Chapter 10, what has happened to Codi?

3. Where was Hallie when she wrote the first letter Codi receives?

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

5. The results of genetic inbreeding in Grace are most apparent in what feature of the townsfolk?

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