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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women of the Stitch and Bitch Club make to raise money for their campaign against the mining company?
(a) Terraria with water and wildlife from the river.
(b) Jams and jellies from the orchard trees.
(c) Peacock pisatas.
(d) Scale models of the fruit trees in the orchard.

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

3. What happened to Codi as a result of the pictures Homer took of her?
(a) She hates having her picture taken.
(b) She is afraid of bright lights.
(c) Her eyesight is not good.
(d) She has a recurring dream of a bright light, followed by blindness.

4. Where do Codi and Loyd go in Chapter 27?
(a) To Telluride to find Carlo.
(b) To the grave of Loyd's brother.
(c) To Illinois in search of more information about Codi's family.
(d) To the riverbed where Codi buried her baby.

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

6. What is included with each piece of artwork sold during the second trip to Tucson?
(a) A slip of paper, detailing the sad story of Grace.
(b) A water sample from the river.
(c) A small jar of preserves from the fruit of the orchard trees.
(d) A bit of rock from the mine.

7. Whose grave is Codi decorating in Chapter 28?
(a) Loyd's.
(b) Homer's.
(c) Her baby's.
(d) Hallie's.

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

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

10. Between which two versions of Codi is her father having difficulty distinguishing?
(a) Codi as a child and Codi as she is today.
(b) Codi as a teenager and Codi as a child.
(c) Codi as a teenager and Codi as she is today.
(d) Codi as she is today and Codi as an old woman.

11. What does Codi do with the item she brought to Homer's house?
(a) She gives it to her father for safekeeping.
(b) She burns it in the fireplace.
(c) She buries it in the backyard.
(d) She places it on her father's mantle.

12. Why does Codi stop going to her father's house in Chapter 22?
(a) Her father has died.
(b) Her father has moved too far from Grace for her to visit him.
(c) He does not recognize Codi any more.
(d) They are incapable of comforting one another.

13. Who tells Codi the myth of the badger?
(a) Uda.
(b) Carlo.
(c) Dosa Althea.
(d) Loyd.

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

15. What item does Codi bring to Hallie's funeral?
(a) An afghan.
(b) A woven bracelet.
(c) A basket.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Codi that her relationship with Loyd "won't elevate her life"?

2. Whom did the Gracela sisters marry?

3. What is Loyd designated to do at the cockfight?

4. What birth circumstance is considered bad luck in the Pueblo?

5. Hallie's letters tell of illness and death in Nicaragua caused by what?

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