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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wallace Pfef buy from the butcher shop in chapter 7?
(a) Olive loaf.
(b) A steak and some cheese.
(c) A mutton leg.
(d) Head cheese.

2. What does Mary give Sita at the end of chapter 7?
(a) Plane tickets to Dallas.
(b) A waterbed.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A sewing machine.

3. What is the name of the person who rescues Karl?
(a) Giles Saint Ambrose.
(b) Canute.
(c) Celestine.
(d) Fleur Pillager.

4. Who breaks the tree in "The Branch"?
(a) Karl.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Mary.
(d) Fritzie.

5. What is the name of Catherine Miller's baby?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Webster.
(c) Jude.
(d) Winifred.

6. What is the name of the mother of Karl and Mary?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Fritzie.
(d) Mary Ellen.

7. What does Adelaide buy for Karl in chapter 1?
(a) A pocket knife.
(b) A cap gun.
(c) A whistle.
(d) A pair of roller skates.

8. What is inside Adelaide's blue box, according to chapter 2?
(a) "Bits of trash."
(b) A checkbook.
(c) A safe deposit box key.
(d) A necklace and two rings.

9. Who faints in chapter 1?
(a) Karl.
(b) Mary.
(c) The newborn.
(d) Adelaide.

10. What causes Karl not to be able to tell his rescuer what happened?
(a) Shame.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A gag.
(d) Pain.

11. What can one see from the window of Karl's hotel room?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) The parking lot.
(c) The courtyard.
(d) A waterfall.

12. How do the characters in the first paragraph of "The Branch" travel?
(a) On foot.
(b) By train.
(c) By plane.
(d) In a car.

13. How old is the boy in the first paragraph of "The Branch"?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Three.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eight.

14. Which character loves to hear her fortune told?
(a) Fritzie.
(b) Sita.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Celestine.

15. Who grows a container garden?
(a) Celestine.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Mary.
(d) Fritzie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pawn shop in chapter 5?

2. What is the name of the aunt mentioned in "The Branch"?

3. According to chapter 1, what is the adjective with which Karl's mother describes Karl?

4. What is Jimmy's pet name for Sita?

5. What is the name of the person whom Sita mentions as killing the chickens?

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