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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has been kidnapped?
(a) Hallie.
(b) Carlo.
(c) Homer.
(d) Loyd.

2. What item, belonging to one of her students, causes Codi to give an emotional lecture about the environment in her class?
(a) A disposable mechanical pencil.
(b) A vinyl backpack.
(c) A styrofoam drinking cup.
(d) Stonewashed jeans.

3. How did Loyd's brother die?
(a) He was killed in a railroad accident.
(b) He contracted black lung from working in the mines.
(c) He was stabbed during a bar fight.
(d) He had a congenital illness.

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

5. What is Homer having trouble with, beginning in Chapter 15?
(a) Remembering to take his medication.
(b) Distinguishing past from present.
(c) Recognizing his relatives.
(d) Remembering his address and phone number.

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

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

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

9. Who tells Codi that her relationship with Loyd "won't elevate her life"?
(a) Loyd.
(b) Homer.
(c) Uda.
(d) Hallie.

10. Who stands beside Codi at the funeral?
(a) Emelina.
(b) Loyd.
(c) Viola.
(d) Uda.

11. Where does Viola take Codi?
(a) To Illinois.
(b) To Nicaragua to see Hallie's grave.
(c) To the site where the helicopter took her mother away.
(d) To the graveyard where her grandmother is buried.

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

13. What has Carlo begun doing for work in Chapter 25?
(a) Working as a trauma surgeon.
(b) Teaching classes at a medical university.
(c) Modeling at a fine arts school.
(d) Illustrating medical textbooks.

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

15. Who is in charge of Christmas dinner?
(a) Codi.
(b) Loyd.
(c) Loyd's mother.
(d) Hallie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Homer take pictures of all the babies in Grace?

2. Who did not permit Codi to wear the item that was given to her?

3. Codi discovers in Chapter 16 that her mother's real name is what?

4. How are the women planning to use the money they have earned from artwork sales and contributions?

5. Who drives Codi to Tucson?

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