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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 is the only person who noticed marks on Laurie Pye's back during the fight with the bully?
(a) Miss Carrington.
(b) Matt.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Katie.

2. What does Katie recall about the person in #82 beating the school bully?
(a) He was emotionally detached.
(b) He quit after one punch.
(c) He had a deep burning rage.
(d) He was verbally abusive too.

3. What has caused some friction between Katie and her current boyfriend?
(a) She won't go to his family reunion.
(b) She refuses to move in with him.
(c) She tells him nothing about her past.
(d) She won't tell him she loves him.

4. Who walked home with Katie one day?
(a) Eddie Smith.
(b) Laurie Pye.
(c) Miss Carrington.
(d) Calvin Pye.

5. Why did Luke rebuff the sexual advances?
(a) He feared he would lose his job.
(b) He was not ready for a relationship.
(c) He was in love with someone else.
(d) He did not care for the girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Katie thinks that _______________ most resembles Grandmother Morrison.

2. Who is Laurie Pye's father?

3. What decision has Luke made?

4. What did the boy do that made him fear his father's punishment?

5. Who is the local school teacher who comes by to talk to Aunt Annie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two burgeoning conflicts between Matt and Luke?

2. What arrangements are made for the Morrison children after a meeting with the family lawyer?

3. What ugly secret about the Pye family do the people of Crow Lake choose to ignore?

4. What are Matt's thoughts regarding the neighbors bringing food and other items to the Morrison kids?

5. How did Mr. and Mrs. Morrison deal with their emotions over Luke's happy news?

6. How is Aunt Annie's presence accepted in the Morrison household?

7. How does the author set up a subtle conflict related to Grandmother Morrison and how it will extend to affect Katie and Matt someday.

8. How does the author show the nobility of Luke's character?

9. What does Katie tell Daniel when he asks to know more about her family?

10. What news does Luke deliver in the last dinner the Morrison family has together?

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