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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. When Marion looks in the mirror, what does she think she is in regard to her weight?
(a) Bodybuilder.
(b) Overweight.
(c) Anorexic.
(d) Underweight.

2. Tanner joins Crossroads to make it popular because of what reason?
(a) He is a gifted musician with long hair and bell bottoms.
(b) He is a peace keeper and has long hair.
(c) He is a military sympathizer for the Vietnam War.
(d) He is a long-haired hippy and protester.

3. The Hildebrandt family lives in what city and state?
(a) Newton Corners, Illinois.
(b) New Sommersworth, Illinois.
(c) Newton’s Prospect, Illinois.
(d) New Prospect, Illinois.

4. At what age does Becky inherit the money from Shirley?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

5. When the novel begins, Russ’s humiliation happened how many years earlier?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marion’s job at the Safeway Supermarket?

2. Who was hired at the church first as an associate pastor?

3. What disease kills Shirley?

4. Who was the salesman Marion meets on her job and has an affair with at the car dealership?

5. What is the name of the psychiatrist whom Marion goes to for counseling?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the “humiliation” that Russ suffered on the first mission trip to Arizona with the Crossroads group of teens?

3. Why does Perry want to join the Crossroads group, and why does Ambrose tell Becky he disapproves of Perry joining?

4. Why does Russ wear his old work coat when he is around Frances?

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

6. What was Frances Cottrell’s marriage like to her husband before he died?

7. Why does Russ feel justified to begin an affair with the widow Frances Cottrell?

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

9. Why does Clem feel that he has exhausted his relationship with Becky?

10. Why does Becky say that Shirley’s death was like that of Eleanor Rigby?

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