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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 color are Mary's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Light brown.
(d) Green.

2. Who has a heart attack in chapter 4?
(a) Wallace Pfef.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Fritzie.
(d) Pete.

3. What is the name of the restaurant that Sita opens in chapter 7?
(a) Chez Sita.
(b) La Trattoria.
(c) La Petite Francaise.
(d) Chez Panisse.

4. What word sticks in Sita's brain during the ordination ceremony?
(a) "Baptismal."
(b) "Chrism."
(c) "Pecator."
(d) "Illegitimate."

5. What body part pains Karl the most in the beginning of chapter 3?
(a) His back.
(b) His knees.
(c) His head.
(d) His feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the bar that Sita enters at the end of chapter 5?

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

3. What crop do Wallace Pfef and the police officer discuss?

4. Where does Mary run at the end of "The Branch"?

5. Where does Karl run at the end of "The Branch"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Chez Sita.

2. Why does Karl run back to the train at the end of "The Branch"?

3. In chapter 5, why does Catherine Miller write to Sita? How does Sita respond?

4. Describe the appearance of Omar and Adelaide at the end of chapter 3.

5. Why does Karl make a note of the change on the table in chapter 6 when he and Wallace Pfef are having drinks?

6. Why does Martin Miller keep Mary's baby brother?

7. How does Mary react to receiving a postcard from Adelaide in chapter 3?

8. What happens to Fritzie's health in chapter 4? How does she change afterward?

9. Describe Sita's relationship with Jimmy in chapter 5.

10. Describe Argus, as pictured in "The Branch."

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