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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time does Lou Ann take off work to stay home with Taylor?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A week.

2. Where will Turtle be taken if Taylor cannot adopt her?
(a) A foster home.
(b) Under house arrest.
(c) With the old Indian woman.
(d) With her biological family.

3. What does Turtle yell when passing a cemetery?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Bean trees.
(c) Beans.
(d) Mama.

4. What does Lou Ann bring to Taylor's bedroom in Chapter 12?
(a) A cheesburger.
(b) Soup and crackers.
(c) Chicken and potatoes.
(d) Wine.

5. Where do Esteban, Esperanza and Taylor get stopped when Taylor is driving them?
(a) Nevada.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Guatemala.

6. Where is Mattie during the time of Esperanza's attempted suicide?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The desert.
(c) With Esperanza, at the clinic.
(d) A trip.

7. What did Esperanza use in her attempt to commit suicide?
(a) Cough medicine.
(b) Tylenol.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Baby aspirin.

8. What does "Esperanza" mean?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Hope.
(c) Peace.
(d) Love.

9. What does Lou Ann believe will happen to California?
(a) It will flourish.
(b) It will drop into the ocean.
(c) It will be taken over by crime.
(d) It will enter into a depression.

10. What is lying dead in the center line of the road as Taylor drives with Esteban and Esperanza late in the novel?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A cardinal.
(c) A blue jay.
(d) A blackbird.

11. What does Taylor do when she wakes up next to Esteban?
(a) Kisses his hand.
(b) Wakes up disgusted.
(c) Cries.
(d) Curls next to him and falls back to sleep.

12. Who comes to Lou Ann in dreams to give her the predictions about Dwayne Ray?
(a) An angel.
(b) Angel.
(c) A devil.
(d) A fairy.

13. What is the significance of the day that Mattie, Taylor, Esperanza and Esteban travel in Chapter 12?
(a) Native American New Year.
(b) The beginning of hunting season.
(c) Christmas.
(d) The first day of summer.

14. What point in the year is it in Chapter 10?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

15. Virgie Mae Parsons points to a flower in Chapter 13. What happens to the flower if it is touched?
(a) It blossoms.
(b) It shrivels.
(c) Other flowers will bloom.
(d) It grows larger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of vehicle to does Mattie drive?

2. Which character claims that they are on a "blind date with destiny" during a trip they are taking together?

3. What was keeping Lou Ann and Taylor awake at night in Chapter 11?

4. Who watched Turtle while Taylor was away with Mattie?

5. How does Lou Ann interpret travel?

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