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

2. To whom does Catherine Miller confess about the baby Jude, as discussed in chapter 5?
(a) Father Lawrence.
(b) Her financial advisor.
(c) Father Flo.
(d) The police.

3. What does Adelaide steal from the landlady in chapter 1?
(a) A silver tea set.
(b) A bank bag full of money.
(c) Twelve spoons.
(d) A sack of potatoes.

4. Who dies in chapter 7?
(a) Celestine.
(b) Fritzie.
(c) Isabel Kashpaw.
(d) Adelaide.

5. Who is the only person towards whom Mary has romantic feelings?
(a) Russell Kashpaw.
(b) Giles Saint Ambrose.
(c) Wallace Pfef.
(d) Jude Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character injures himself after jumping on the bed?

2. What is the name of Catherine Miller's baby?

3. What item does Sita choose NOT to buy?

4. Which character in chapter 2 carries the cow's diamond for luck?

5. What does Sita use on her forehead to prevent wrinkles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does The Air Seeder work?

3. How does the empty jewel box in chapter 1 shape Mary's character?

4. How does Karl act when he meets Jude Miller? Why?

5. Describe Mary's one attempt at romance.

6. Explain the town's reaction to Mary's accident in the ice in chapter 2.

7. Describe Sita's experience in Minneapolis in chapter 5.

8. Describe Celestine's appearance, as related in chapter 2.

9. How does Sita feel when Pete gives Mary the cow's diamond? Why?

10. Why does Russell Kashpaw dislike Karl?

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