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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. How does Taylor come to realize that the child given to her in Chapter 1 is alive?
(a) The baby begins to cry.
(b) The baby grips Taylor tightly.
(c) She smells the need for a diaper change.
(d) She checks the child's pulse.

2. What words does Lou Ann use to describe Taylor in Chapter 5?
(a) Naive, lovely.
(b) Tall, lanky, pretty.
(c) Smart, cute, skinny.
(d) Loving, caring.

3. What makes Taylor think "You are old Father William"?
(a) A children's book.
(b) A poem she read.
(c) Memories of her father.
(d) An old man.

4. Taylor returns home from a hard day at work for Mattie. What is Lou Ann reading when Taylor arrives home?
(a) A baby name book.
(b) A book on divorce.
(c) A gossip magazine.
(d) A self help book.

5. What does Angel do with the baptism water?
(a) He trys to baptize Dwayne Ray.
(b) He takes the water to a priest.
(c) He pours it down the drain.
(d) He drinks it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lou Ann's brother move to?

2. What does Mattie talk about on television?

3. Where did Taylor work while living in Kentucky?

4. What pops into Taylor's head when the man brings the Spanish-speaking people to Mattie's?

5. Esperanza and Esteban are originally from which country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Taylor's first meeting with Lou Ann.

2. What does Taylor learn about the park's name in Chapter 8? From whom does she learn this?

3. What does Taylor discuss with Esperanza in Chapter 10?

4. What is Lou Ann's reaction to the adoption situation that takes place in Chapter 13?

5. Describe the relationship between Newt Hardbine and his father.

6. How does Taylor feel about taking the food and drink from Mattie?

7. What is the only way that Esteban and Esperanza would be able to stay in the states? What is the problem with this?

8. What does Taylor do before Esteban and Esperanza say goodbye? Why does she do this?

9. Explain Lou Ann's fearful dream of Dwayne Ray. What does Lou Ann think about this?

10. Has Taylor's character evolved by Chapter 12? Explain.

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