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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. Benny dies of heart failure as the surgeon tries to __________________________.
(a) re-start his heart.
(b) put a pin in his damaged leg.
(c) remove a bullet.
(d) reattach his arm.

2. How do Paul and Carol travel from Texas to Bay City?
(a) Train.
(b) Car.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Bus.

3. Where does Ann visit during her vacations from college?
(a) Adele's apartment.
(b) Peter's frat house.
(c) David's house.
(d) Carol's house.

4. Which TV role does Ann win?
(a) Marie Iroquois.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Pocahontas.
(d) Sacajawea.

5. Neither of Carol's parents told Carol about ____________________.
(a) the facts of life.
(b) her real mother.
(c) her dead sister.
(d) her I.Q.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Carol's personality like when she was growing up?

2. Carol's group is sent to __________________.

3. What does Carol do for four hours every day after Benny dies?

4. What does Adele do to try to get Ann to behave?

5. What is the true source of Ann's medical problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the sparkly red shoes and Ann's hair being cut by a hooligan?

2. How does Carol's perspective of her relationship with Adele underscore Adele's dysfunctional behavior?

3. What is Paul's mission during the war; why does he not complete the mission; and, what are his and Carol's plans for the future?

4. How does Ann's sexual relationship with Peter mirror her inappropriate behavior with young children?

5. What was life like for Carol growing up?

6. What is the relationship of the Pikes Peak rock in Benny's room to Carol's breast cancer?

7. What does Ann begin to realize about her mother and how she compares herself to her family?

8. How does the episode of the red shoes exhibit Adele's not being fit to parent?

9. Describe how Carol's life is much more dramatic in reality than Adele's theatrics.

10. How does Adele try to sabotage Ann's relationship with Daniel Swan?

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