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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Babe wants a copy of the paper because:
(a) She wants to know about new developments in the case.
(b) She wants to monitor the damage to her reputation.
(c) She wants to know if she is getting more coverage than her mother.
(d) She wants to cut out the articles on the shooting and put them in her scrapbook.

2. Lenny is still upset that as children Meg had more :
(a) Attention from Old Granddaddy.
(b) Jingle bells on her petticoats.
(c) Boyfriends.
(d) Friends.

3. Meg's comment, "sometimes I wonder what we wanted," implies:
(a) The girls were not allowed to make any decisions for themselves.
(b) The girls were discouraged from choosing happy situations.
(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.

4. Meg's motivation for lying to Old Granddaddy appears to be:
(a) That she wants him to come home again.
(b) That she wants to deceive him so he won't harass her.
(c) That she wants him to be happy in his last days.
(d) That she wants him to gain strength from her stories.

5. Doc earned his nickname because:
(a) He took care of the animals on his farm.
(b) He took care of the sick and injured during the hurricane.
(c) He always planned to be a doctor.
(d) He had a fear of hospitals.

6. What did Babe want for her mother's funeral?
(a) She wanted to keep her mother's cat.
(b) She wanted a team of white horses to carry the coffin.
(c) She wanted a banana split for breakfast.
(d) She wanted her mother to be buried at a castle.

7. When Meg went crazy in L.A., what did she do with her jewels and valuables?
(a) She tried to sell them to a pawn shop.
(b) She tried to stuff them into a mailbox to send them home.
(c) She tried to sell them to Lenny.
(d) She tried to stuff them in a March of Dimes box.

8. Babe surprises Barnette by:
(a) Confessing the affair with Willy Jay.
(b) Remembering all the details of the shooting.
(c) Confessing she does not love Zackery.
(d) Remembering the first time they met at a Christmas Bazarre.

9. When Lenny learns her secret has been betrayed she tells Babe:
(a) She never wants to see Babe again.
(b) She thinks Babe should go to jail for shooting Zackery.
(c) She will never trust Babe again.
(d) She has always known Babe loves Meg more that herself.

10. Babe believes Meg's lies might be true because:
(a) She thinks Meg is a successful singer.
(b) She has nothing else to believe in.
(c) She is naive and hopeful.
(d) She is easily deceived by her sisters.

11. While she tells her story, Babe finally seems to realize:
(a) That she is getting Willy Jay in trouble.
(b) That she does not love Zackery.
(c) The gravity of her actions.
(d) The consequences of leaving Zackery alive.

12. Barnette agrees that Willy Jay:
(a) Is lucky he escaped with his life.
(b) Should be left out of the story if possible.
(c) Will have to be put on the witness stand.
(d) Caused the fight between Babe and Zackery.

13. What nickname does Doc call Meg?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Becky.
(c) Greeny.
(d) Meggy.

14. Babe looks happy in her wedding picture because:
(a) She does not understand that she is getting married.
(b) She thought she loved Zackery.
(c) Old Granddaddy told her to smile.
(d) She was drunk on champagne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lenny returns upset with Meg because:

2. What is the name of the movie Meg tells Old Granddaddy she will star in?

3. Barnette's personal vendetta against Zackery involves:

4. Rather than sympathizing with Meg's need to "toughen up" after their mother's suicide, Lenny believes:

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

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