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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. Once Russ tells Marion about the car accident, what will she know about Frances?
(a) That Frances hit Russ’s car with her car.
(b) That Russ was not alone with Frances.
(c) That Russ was alone with Frances.
(d) That Frances was sick at home.

2. What did Perry steal from his brother Clem to buy drugs before the mission trip to the Navajos?
(a) His collection of records.
(b) His expensive camera.
(c) Money from Clem’s bank account.
(d) His phonograph.

3. What does Marion say to Clem when he says he wants to go join the military?
(a) It is the family’s decision to make.
(b) It is his girlfriend’s decision to make.
(c) It is his decision to make.
(d) It is his father’s decision to make.

4. What is Randy doing when Perry goes into Randy’s house?
(a) Shooting up drugs.
(b) Kicking his dogs.
(c) Yelling at his mother.
(d) Shooting a gun out the window.

5. Christmas Eve, what are Perry and Judson out doing together?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Hiking in the woods.
(c) Cleaning up their room.
(d) Sledding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clem call Tanner that makes Becky upset with Clem?

2. What did the landlord do when Marion came to Isabelle’s apartment?

3. What 40 pills does Perry get for giving Randy $20?

4. Which of Russ’s parents forgave his maternal grandfather for his transgressions?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marion say to Clem when he says that he is going into the military to go to the Vietnam War?

2. What happened to the Blues records that Frances borrowed from Russ?

3. Why did Frances tell Russ that she has to quit the Tuesday Circle group at the church?

4. Explain how Russ’s relationship with Rick Ambrose goes from love, to hate to love over the course of the novel.

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

6. What does Russ say to Clem three times, when he lies to Clem in his church office?

7. What embarrassing event happened to Russ at the Navajo dancing ceremony?

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

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

10. Why does Becky have an argument with Clem regarding Tanner?

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