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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. The novel Crossroads begins in what city?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Cleveland.

2. What does Marion do when she finds out she is pregnant with Bradley’s baby?
(a) Tries to move back home.
(b) Tries to have a baby shower.
(c) Tries to take Bradley to court for support payments.
(d) Tries to get an abortion.

3. Becky’s friend Kim likes having sex at summer camp for what reason?
(a) Because it is in the dark.
(b) Because it is dirty.
(c) Because it is hard.
(d) Because it is easy.

4. What is Russ’s wife’s name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Marion.

5. Why does Russ have an accident in his car when he is with Frances?
(a) He is distracted by a bicyclist.
(b) He is distracted lusting after Frances.
(c) He is distracted yelling at Frances.
(d) He is distracted by a snowstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Perry see in the car with Russ?

2. What does Becky do to express her growing feelings for Tanner?

3. Marion remembers her mother’s social status as being what?

4. Clem defends kids at school who were called what?

5. Clem misunderstands religion and calls it what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Russ refuse to talk to Ambrose after Russ’s humiliation event?

2. Why did Perry and other teenagers at the Haefle party sneak and drink the adult vodka mixed drink gløgg?

3. Why does Marion believe that her “acting had mesmerized Bradley Grant,” and does this make her more like her actress sister Shirley?

4. What happens when Marion tells her therapist, Sophie, about the abortion that Marion had tried to have when she was younger?

5. Why did Russ not appreciate Marion’s loyalty to him in regard to her also not liking Ambrose?

6. How is Judson treated as a character in the novel?

7. What effect does the author present by mentioning Russ’s “humiliation” in the early pages of the book, but not explaining what happened for several hundred pages into the reading?

8. Why does Marion call Shirley’s acting insignificant, by referring to her as a “pretty face who memorized lines”?

9. What does Frances want to do with the marijuana she finds in Larry’s bedroom?

10. What happens to Sharon when Clem breaks up with him?

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