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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barnette's personal vendetta against Zackery involves:
(a) Barnette's mother.
(b) Babe's affair with Willy Jay.
(c) Barnette's father's reputation.
(d) Babe's hospital record.

2. How old was Lenny when their mother died?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. While she tells her story, the comfort food Babe indulges in is:
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Candy.
(d) Popcorn.

4. Though Babe wants to burn the photos of herself and Willy Jay, Barnette tells her:
(a) It will not do any good because Zackery has the negative.
(b) Zackery has already seen the photos.
(c) She has to turn herself in to the authorities.
(d) It will not do any good because the photos have already gone to the press.

5. People in town think Meg:
(a) Should have been famous.
(b) Caused Old Granddaddy's stroke.
(c) Was the most responsible of the Magrath girls.
(d) Caused Doc's accident and then left him.

6. Lenny's reason for exploding at Meg over the candy is:
(a) Meg refuses to share anything with Lenny.
(b) Meg has so much more than Lenny does.
(c) Meg never asks Lenny for permission for anything.
(d) Meg has no respect for other people's property.

7. Lenny reveals that she did not tell Charlie about her ovary because:
(a) She did not want him to pity her.
(b) She did not want him to know anything personal about her.
(c) She did not want him not to want her.
(d) She did not want him to anger Old Granddaddy.

8. What do the girls decide to do just like old times?
(a) They decide to play hearts and eat popcorn.
(b) They decide to look through photo albums.
(c) They decide to go see Meg singing at Greeny's.
(d) They decide to go out riding with Doc.

9. Though Meg did not lie to Old Granddaddy out of cruelty:
(a) She has not tried to succeed in Hollywood.
(b) She has not tried to cover up the truth about her career.
(c) She has not considered the long-term effects of her lies.
(d) She has not considered Lenny's feelings about her career.

10. Meg's desire to remain while the hurricane hit Biloxi suggests:
(a) She thought she was invincible.
(b) She wanted to know that Doc was not a weak man.
(c) She had a need for chaos in her life.
(d) She just wanted to die.

11. Why does Babe keep articles about unhappy things in her scrapbook?
(a) She wants to believe that all the events in her life were happy.
(b) She wants to keep an accurate record.
(c) She wants to remind herself of the good days.
(d) She wants to caution herself against repeating mistakes.

12. Lenny believes Old Granddaddy told her to break up with Charlie because:
(a) He did not want her to marry a Yankee.
(b) He did not want to see her hurt.
(c) He did not want her to get married at her age.
(d) He did not want her to leave him.

13. Who calls while the girls are setting up the card game?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Chick.
(c) Doc.
(d) Barnette.

14. Meg's comment, "sometimes I wonder what we wanted," implies:
(a) The girls were discouraged from choosing happy situations.
(b) The girls were not allowed to make any decisions for themselves.
(c) Old Granddaddy tried to prevent the girls from rebelling.
(d) Old Granddaddy did not consider the girls' wishes when he made decisions for them.

15. What book did Meg punish herself by looking at?
(a) Diseases of the Skin.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Diseases of the Brain.
(d) Grey's Anatomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At first, Doc and Meg pretend:

2. What did Babe want for her mother's funeral?

3. When Meg asks why she can not seem to keep her mouth shut, Doc answers:

4. Babe surprises Barnette by:

5. The photos of Babe and Willy Jay were taken by:

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