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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say you never get used to "no matter what anyone says about it" in Chapter 4, "The Hit-Thumb Theory" (114)?
(a) Love.
(b) Pain.
(c) Death.
(d) Fear.

2. Where did Charlie first go to meet Robin?
(a) Peoria.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Austin.

3. Where does Marilyn think Charlie is when he goes out to meet another woman in Chapter 4, "The Hit-Thumb Theory"?
(a) At a photography studio.
(b) In psychotherapy sessions.
(c) At his job.
(d) At a soup kitchen where he volunteers.

4. Where does Linda go to talk to a lawyer in the end of Chapter 3, "Cracked"?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Layton.

5. Where is Yvonne from?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to clean Patty's mother's home twice a week?

2. On what day of the week in May does Tommy drive into Carlisle in Chapter 1, "The Sign"?

3. Where does Joy go every month to visit her son in prison?

4. Where was the conference that Patty met her husband?

5. What is the retirement home that Patty talks to her mother about in Chapter 2, "Windmills"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrative style of Chapter 2, "Windmills."

2. Why does it strike a nerve with Pete when Tommy asks about his mother?

3. Why does Tommy feel upset in the end of Chapter 1, "The Sign"?

4. How is the theme of class differences explored in Chapter 3, "Cracked"?

5. What does the "Sewing and Alterations" sign symbolize in Chapter 1, "The Sign"?

6. What do the crocus bulbs symbolize in Chapter 4, "The Hit-Thumb Theory"?

7. Why does Pete Barton ask Tommy to stop coming to see him? How does Tommy respond?

8. Who is Pete Barton? Where does he live?

9. What happened to Tommy Guptill's dairy farm? Why?

10. What losses have Karen-Lucie and Joy experienced in Chapter 3, "Cracked"?

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