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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Codi realize as a result of the way Loyd's family treats her?
(a) She occasionally does seem snobbish, without meaning to.
(b) She will always be a loner; no one will ever truly accept her.
(c) She has never felt such a sense of belonging.
(d) Nothing; they treat her the way her own family would.

4. What language is the caller speaking?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Pueblo.
(c) English.
(d) Portuguese.

5. 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) Roaming the New Mexico countryside.
(c) Touring cockfights in the neighboring counties.
(d) On vacation in Mexico.

6. What does Codi plan to do in the wake of her sister's death?
(a) She plans to move to Nicaragua and continue Hallie's work.
(b) She has a very specific plan for memorializing Hallie.
(c) She wants to spread awareness of the U.S. government's involvement with the Contras.
(d) She does not know what she is going to do.

7. Who drives Codi to Tucson?
(a) Emelina.
(b) Loyd.
(c) J.T.
(d) Carlo.

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

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

10. Who has been funding the Contras?
(a) The Nicaraguan government.
(b) The U.N.
(c) Drug cartels.
(d) The U.S. government.

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

12. What is Codi wearing in Chapter 15 that confuses her father?
(a) Her sister's necklace.
(b) A wig.
(c) Her mother's perfume.
(d) Cowboy boots.

13. What is contained in Hallie's last letter to Codi?
(a) Money for Codi and Loyd to buy a home.
(b) An attempt to help Codi deal with the uncertainty in her life.
(c) News that Hallie will be coming home by the end of the month.
(d) News that Hallie is pregnant.

14. Whom does Codi confront about the tombstone she has found?
(a) Her father.
(b) Loyd.
(c) Viola.
(d) Hallie.

15. What do Codi and Loyd pass on the way to Tucson?
(a) A hitchhiker.
(b) An automobile accident.
(c) A Native American burial site.
(d) A group of protesters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Codi argue about leaving Grace at the end of the year?

3. Where has the kidnapped person been taken?

4. Where does Codi care for Homer?

5. Where does Viola take Codi?

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