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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Codi's flight delayed so long?
(a) Another plane was making an unscheduled emergency landing.
(b) The weather was too inclement for a safe takeoff.
(c) There was an accident on the runway.
(d) There was a problem with one of the engines.

2. According to Homer, people think it is the heart that suffers from emotional trauma, but it is really what organ?
(a) The pancreas.
(b) The liver.
(c) The brain.
(d) The stomach.

3. What activity takes place after Christmas dinner?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Caroling.
(c) Opening gifts.
(d) Siesta.

4. What is the lethal side effect of the medication Homer has been taking to combat his Alzheimer's?
(a) Peripheral artery disease.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Aneurysms.
(d) Liver damage.

5. Hallie's letters tell of illness and death in Nicaragua caused by what?
(a) War.
(b) Famine.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Plague.

6. What does the caller who reports the kidnapping suggest when asked for a phone number?
(a) He suggests calling the U.S. Ministry of Agriculture.
(b) He suggests calling the Nicaraguan Ministry of Agriculture.
(c) He suggests calling the U.S. president.
(d) He suggests calling the U.S. Embassy.

7. Where does much of the celebrating take place on Christmas?
(a) In rented party halls.
(b) The local church.
(c) The plaza.
(d) In homes.

8. How does the sale of the club's crafted items turn out?
(a) There are almost no sales, and the group goes home dejected.
(b) All of the items are sold, and the group makes more money than expected.
(c) The sale is cancelled due to an incoming storm.
(d) The customers who buy the items are angry because they are not what they expected.

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

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

11. Why does Codi begin to cry in the car with Loyd in Chapter 24?
(a) The hitchhiker looks like Hallie.
(b) A young woman was killed in the automobile accident.
(c) One of Codi's relatives is buried at the graveyard they pass.
(d) The protesters are being repelled with tear gas.

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

13. Who votes Codi teacher of the year?
(a) The students and teachers.
(b) The students' parents.
(c) Just the students.
(d) Just the teachers.

14. Who was caring for Codi and Hallie on the day their mother was taken away in the helicopter?
(a) Uda.
(b) Viola.
(c) Homer.
(d) Dosa Althea.

15. What is Codi's seatmate on her bus trip to Telluride reading?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A magazine.
(c) A garden catalog.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Codi reveals to her father in Chapter 27 that she has told whom about the baby?

2. Whom does Codi confront about the tombstone she has found?

3. How does Loyd feel about the loss of Codi's baby?

4. Why does Codi stop going to her father's house in Chapter 22?

5. Whom did the Gracela sisters marry?

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