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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Loyd's family react to Codi when they meet her?
(a) They are courteous, but they are wary of her.
(b) They welcome her warmly.
(c) They are cold because they think she is snobbish.
(d) They are standoffish.

2. How do Codi and Loyd spend the few days while the Stitch and Bitch Club are on their second excursion to Tucson?
(a) In Illinois, trying to find information about Codi's family.
(b) Touring cockfights in the neighboring counties.
(c) Roaming the New Mexico countryside.
(d) On vacation in Mexico.

3. Who gave Codi something similar to what she is wearing in Chapter 15?
(a) Uda.
(b) Viola.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. Codi discovers in Chapter 16 that her mother's real name is what?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Alison.
(c) Althea.
(d) Alice.

5. With whom does Codi argue about leaving Grace at the end of the year?
(a) Hallie.
(b) Loyd.
(c) Emelina.
(d) Homer.

6. Whom does Codi write unmailed letters to?
(a) Homer.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her lost child.
(d) Hallie.

7. How many Gracela sisters were there?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

8. Whom did the Gracela sisters marry?
(a) Railroad workers.
(b) Natives.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Miners.

9. In what way did the Nolina family remain connected?
(a) They all chose to make their homes in Grace.
(b) They all have the same strange eye color.
(c) Except for Hallie, they are all buried together.
(d) They did not remain connected in any way.

10. How are the women planning to use the money they have earned from artwork sales and contributions?
(a) They are starting a trust fund for their children.
(b) They want to build a monument to the Gracela sisters.
(c) They want to have the town listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(d) They want to open a peacock farm.

11. Where has the kidnapped person been taken?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Nicaragua.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Honduras.

12. What do the women do to obtain publicity for Hallie's rescue?
(a) They organize a march.
(b) They start a letter-writing campaign.
(c) They protest outside the governor's office.
(d) They go on a hunger strike.

13. Codi realizes that she is no longer that concerned with what?
(a) Being someone else's child.
(b) Having a child.
(c) Being a teacher.
(d) The environment.

14. How does Codi feel about her realization in Chapter 17?
(a) She wants to dump everything and start over somewhere new.
(b) She has an epiphany and knows exactly what to do.
(c) She could alter her situation, but it would be too much trouble.
(d) She feels powerless to change her situation.

15. What is Loyd designated to do at the cockfight?
(a) Dispose of the losing bird.
(b) Sew up the cock that is injured but still alive.
(c) Get the birds angry and ready to fight.
(d) Collect money from those who placed bets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose grave is Codi decorating in Chapter 28?

2. What is Homer having trouble with, beginning in Chapter 15?

3. What is Codi's seatmate on her bus trip to Telluride reading?

4. Where does much of the celebrating take place on Christmas?

5. Who votes Codi teacher of the year?

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