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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 object does Karl keep through all his moves?
(a) His collection of Dickens novels.
(b) A stereo.
(c) A China dish.
(d) His records.

2. What do Mary and Celestine have for a midnight snack in chapter 11?
(a) Cookies and milk.
(b) Headcheese and summer sausage.
(c) Ham sandwiches.
(d) Bread and butter, and coffee.

3. What holiday does Wallace Pfef describe as "hard on a man alone"?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Father's Day.

4. What does Celestine name her baby?
(a) Genevieve.
(b) Marmaduke.
(c) Wallacette.
(d) Louisa.

5. Whom does Sita marry?
(a) Wallace Pfef.
(b) Louis.
(c) Giles Saint Ambrose.
(d) Jimmy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dot go after leaving the Christmas play?

2. What cookie does Dot love?

3. Whom does Wallace Pfef visit in the hospital?

4. What is the setting of chapter 10 called "Sita's Night"?

5. What trait does Wallace Pfef admire most in Dot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Celestine feel about the baby, Dot, in chapter 9?

2. Describe Dot's appearance during the Beet Festival.

3. Why does Karl rescue Wallace Pfef from the dunk tank at the Beet Festival?

4. Why does Mrs. Shumway send Dot to the "naughty box" in chapter 10?

5. Describe the setting in which Celestine gives birth.

6. Why does Sheriff Pausch visit Sita's house in chapter 8, and what does he find when he gets there?

7. Why does Jude Miller come to Argus in chapter 14?

8. Describe Wallace Pfef's "poor dead sweetheart."

9. What was Wallace Pfef's "private disaster" during the Christmas play, as mentioned in chapter 12? Why does he describe it that way?

10. Why does the Christmas play in chapter 11 end prematurely?

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