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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. Who does Russ invite to the Black Church Weekly outing, to make Frances jealous?
(a) Catherine Pollen.
(b) Catherine Polley.
(c) Carolyn Polley.
(d) Carolyn Pollen.

2. Who tells the teens that Becky was in Tanner’s van kissing him the night before?
(a) Sally.
(b) Kim.
(c) Laura.
(d) Marion.

3. When Marion goes to the Haefle house, where does she find Judson in the house?
(a) Sitting on the couch getting high on drugs.
(b) Throwing up in a toilet.
(c) Sleeping upstairs in a bedroom.
(d) Sitting on the couch watching a movie.

4. What nickname does Charlie give to Russ?
(a) Long Legs.
(b) Long Gun.
(c) Long Wrench.
(d) Long Face.

5. Why does Marion decide to take up smoking?
(a) To quiet her nerves.
(b) To lose weight.
(c) To help her fidget.
(d) To gain weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Russ meet in Arizona when he goes to help the Navajos in Tuba City?

2. What does the boyfriend of Frances do for a living?

3. Where did Russ spend 40 days working as a ranch hand in Arizona as a young man after the war?

4. What family secret does Marion continue to keep from her children?

5. When Laura gets mad at Becky and screams for her to leave, what does Becky immediately do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Russ go instead of joining the military in the World War I, in 1944?

2. Why does Clem hate Russ for not going to war when he was at an age to do so?

3. What does Perry say to tell Larry to steal for him from the Cottrell house?

4. Why does Russ go to the other side of town to the Black Church each week to do humanitarian charity work?

5. Why does Marion want to confess her unrequited love of Bradley to her son Perry?

6. Why does Russ’s father never forgive Russ’s grandfather Opa Clement?

7. How did Russ use Larry to find out about how serious Frances was with her boyfriend?

8. Who sees Tanner kissing Becky in Tanner’s van? What does this character do with this information?

9. Why does Charlie Durochie call Russ a nickname while he worked on the Navajo lands, and what was the story behind it?

10. What is the “experiment” that Frances wants to do with Russ?

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