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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. Who does Jane feel grateful for after Bernice leaves the household?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Vida.
(c) Greer.
(d) Betsey.

2. To Vida, what does Regina represent?
(a) Change.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Sexuality.

3. Who fires Regina?
(a) Betsey.
(b) Greer.
(c) Jane.
(d) Vida.

4. What does Vida confiscate from Charlie?
(a) A permanent marker.
(b) A basketball.
(c) A lighter.
(d) A cigarette.

5. What does the reader learn about Veejay in Chapter 4?
(a) She has bad grades.
(b) She is related to Bernice.
(c) She is poor.
(d) She would do anything for Betsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prompts Betsey to believe that there is never enough when it comes to love?

2. What silent pact do Greer and Jane have with each other?

3. How does Jane act toward the police?

4. Who does Betsey begin to go to school with?

5. What kind of poem are two girls in Betsey's class practicing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Brown family in the first chapter.

2. Why does Jane enjoy the neighborhood that she lives in?

3. Describe Betsey as the reader is introduced to her.

4. How does the family dynamic change when Betsey is gone?

5. What is Jane's reaction to Carrie not showing up for work?

6. Why and how has Jane sheltered her children?

7. What does Jane fear will happen at the demonstration?

8. How is it demonstrated that Betsey's childhood is falling away?

9. How does Betsey feel when she is on the boulevard?

10. Describe Carrie.

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