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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following reasons serves as the basis for Selina's decision to go to the Association meeting?
(a) She will then know what she has been criticizing.
(b) It would make her mother happy.
(c) It is what her father would have wanted.
(d) She might meet a nice young man.

2. Where does Silla go to work when the defense factories are closed after the War?
(a) A prison.
(b) A school.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A hospital.

3. What does Selina do at her home after leaving Clive's apartment for the last time?
(a) She cries, and tells her family the whole story.
(b) She puts on a brave face and does not share her pain with anyone.
(c) She tells her family all about the dance that she has performed.
(d) She cries, but will not tell her family anything.

4. How does Silla react to Selina calling her Hitler?
(a) She allows Selina to cry and comforts her.
(b) She drinks herself into an incoherent state.
(c) She tells Selina that she is useless.
(d) She throws Selina out of the house.

5. What does Selina realize when Miss Mary dies?
(a) That death is scary.
(b) That Miss Mary has a fortune.
(c) That Suggie hates Miss Mary.
(d) That things are almost the same anyway.

6. What does Clive do a lot?
(a) Plays the harmonica.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Paints.
(d) Reads.

7. Which of the following does Selina not realize about her relationship with Clive?
(a) That it can never go any further than it already has.
(b) That it is about to get very serious.
(c) That it resembles the one that her parents share.
(d) That it is as good as it will ever get.

8. Which of the following dreams does Silla realize in Book 4?
(a) Owning her own house.
(b) Marrying a rich man.
(c) Moving to a new neighborhood.
(d) Seeing her daughter get married.

9. Who does Selina call for assistance in finding a job at the end of the book?
(a) Suggie.
(b) Margaret Benton.
(c) Beryl.
(d) Rachel Fine.

10. What changes in Selina's physical appearance are based on her grief over her father's death?
(a) She wastes away into a stick figure.
(b) She scratches her skin until she bled.
(c) She bites her fingernails to the quick.
(d) She pulls all her hair out.

11. What does Clive do during the War?
(a) Digs fox holes.
(b) Flies fighter planes.
(c) Is a cook in the Navy.
(d) Cleans up dead bodies.

12. What does Selina realize when she dances and laughs with Suggie following Miss Mary's death?
(a) That it is time to let go of her grief.
(b) That she will not be going to college.
(c) That she is drunk.
(d) That she should become just like Suggie.

13. What does Suggie do after Miss Mary dies?
(a) She gets married.
(b) She gets a new job.
(c) She tells Selina that they should be happy while they can be.
(d) She moves out.

14. Where does Deighton take Selina to see Father Peace?
(a) To the mountain.
(b) To the temple.
(c) To the table.
(d) To the kingdom.

15. In Chapter 10 of Book 4, which of the following does Clive's mother do that annoys Selina?
(a) She helps Selina feel better.
(b) She fakes a medical emergency.
(c) She yells and states that Selina is not a good match for Clive.
(d) She throws Selina out of their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Selina display her grief for her father?

2. Why does Selina refer to Silla as Hitler?

3. Whom does Selina seek comfort with following her bad experience at the Benton house?

4. Which of the following best states the reason that Selina decides that she has to leave at the end of he book?

5. In Book 4, which of the following does Selina notice when comparing herself to the other girls at the party?

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