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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maggie remember as the car speeds along the Pennsylvania highway?
(a) Jesse's infidelity.
(b) Leroy's face.
(c) When Leroy was born.
(d) The time after Fiona left Leroy.

2. How is Daisy different from Jesse?
(a) She is not ready to get married.
(b) She is focused on school.
(c) She loves her parents and spends time with them.
(d) Extremely intellectual and self sufficent .

3. What does Maggie wish?
(a) She could loose 20 lbs.
(b) She had her old high school friends.
(c) That she would have never given away the dress.
(d) She could give Fiona and Leroy more.

4. Although Maggie cannot be with her granddaughter, how does she feel at the end of the novel?
(a) Hopeful for what is to come.
(b) Spiteful towards Ira.
(c) She never wants to speak with Jesse again.
(d) Angry.

5. Fiona becomes upset and does what?
(a) Flees to her old room.
(b) Demands to be taken home.
(c) Goes off to be alone.
(d) Leaves the outing in the family's van.

6. What happens to the van?
(a) It has a broken back window.
(b) Its paint is scratched.
(c) It has a smahed tailight.
(d) The bumper is gone.

7. What does Daisy need help with?
(a) What to wear.
(b) Nothing, she is already packed.
(c) Her homework.
(d) Directions to school.

8. Why is Maggie relieved?
(a) She wants to be in Fiona's life.
(b) She will be in Leroy's life.
(c) She is happy they are moving away.
(d) She thinks Fiona and Jesse might have a chance to get back together.

9. What does Fiona look for as she greets Maggie and Ira?
(a) Serena.
(b) A present.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Money.

10. What would Maggie like?
(a) For her family to be together.
(b) For Jesse to remarry Fiona.
(c) For Fiona and Leory to live with her and Ira.
(d) For Daisy to come home.

11. What does Maggie wonder about Fiona?
(a) If her new job will support them.
(b) Where Leroy will go to school.
(c) How she can raise her child alone.
(d) If she is dating someone else.

12. Who else does Maggie invite to dinner?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Ira.
(d) Serena.

13. What does Ira show Leroy?
(a) How to dance.
(b) How to play scrable.
(c) How to throw a frisbee.
(d) How to play football.

14. Was Jesse very popular?
(a) No, he was considered a loser.
(b) Yes, he always had firends around.
(c) No, because he did not attend school.
(d) Yes, because he was very attractive.

15. How does Ira feel about the visit?
(a) Excited.
(b) Shocked and outraged.
(c) Happy.
(d) Annoyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maggie wonder about?

2. What did Maggie assume that the old man wanted to happen at the end of his life?

3. What does Serena miss?

4. What was Maggie to Fiona?

5. What does Ira think about the fact that Jesse did not graduate?

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