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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 Adele refuse to buy for Ann at a shopping mall?
(a) Red shoes.
(b) Puppy.
(c) Ballerina tutu.
(d) Pogo stick.

2. What does Carol do for four hours every day after Benny dies?
(a) Meditates.
(b) Cries.
(c) Prays.
(d) Cleans his room.

3. Chapter 16 tells Carol's story during ______________________.
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Gulf War.
(d) The Korean War.

4. Who was Ben's girlfriend?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Susie.
(d) Maggie.

5. What is the religious affiliation of the young man in #152?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann do with the item in #132?

2. Carol's father leaves her enough money to ___________________.

3. How does Adele sabotage Ann's first date with a boy?

4. Adele lives in a house owned by __________________.

5. Carol sent an application and was accepted into __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life like for Carol growing up?

2. 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?

3. Who is Paul Morgenstern and what role does he play in Carol's life?

4. What has Adele really done with the money that Ann sent her?

5. What is the symbolism of the ants crawling on the carrot cake?

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

7. How does Carol and Jimmy's son, Benny, die?

8. How does Carol show depth of character in her life that Adele could not possibly understand?

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

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

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