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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. Where did Lydia practice driving?
(a) Roller rink parking lot on Route 17.
(b) Around the lake.
(c) Back roads.
(d) Park roads on Route 12.

2. What does Nath drink in Chapter 10?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Beer.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Gin.

3. When did the girls quit asking Lydia to go to birthday parties or other activities?
(a) Third Grade.
(b) Fourth grade.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Second grade.

4. In 1976, what did Nath get for Christmas?
(a) Watch.
(b) Radio.
(c) Cassette player.
(d) Camera.

5. In Chapter 9, on what topic did Lydia have to write a 2,000-word English essay?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Twain.
(c) Frost.
(d) Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what airport did Nath fly?

2. Who was the only one that noticed that Lydia was trembling when she came home after failing her test for her learner's permit?

3. Where was Marilyn when James came home at the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. What was Carter's approval rating the day that Nath flew to Harvard?

5. Where was Hannah's nursery set up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did James tell Lydia was the most important thing to remember?

2. What had Marilyn always wanted her mother to say to her?

3. How easy did Nath think it would be to free himself of his family?

4. What did James say to Marilyn about being different when he came home and she confronted him about the affair?

5. What did Lydia and Jack do when they spent time together?

6. What did Hannah experience the afternoon James was gone?

7. Why did it bother Hannah when Lydia smiled after she came home from failing her test for her learner's permit?

8. How did Nath usually get new clothes?

9. What does James see at the dock of the lake near the fourth of July, and what did he do?

10. What does Nath do after he and James argue in Chapter 8?

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