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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the street the Piper family lives on?
(a) Fire Street.
(b) Earth Street.
(c) Water Street.
(d) Wind Street.

2. What is the name of the city where the Piper family lives?
(a) West Minster.
(b) Alabaster Cove.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) New Waterford.

3. How does Materia react when she learns James will soon be returning home from the war?
(a) She is anxious.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is angry.

4. On which holiday did James and Materia agree to meet in secret?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Thanksgiving.

5. How does Kathleen feel about New York when she finally moves there?
(a) She is confused by the big city.
(b) She is apathetic to the city, focused only on her career.
(c) She falls in love with the city.
(d) She is terrified by the city and wants to return home.

6. What disease is Kathleen's baby born with, causing the house to be put in quarantine?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Polio.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Influenza.

7. How does Kathleen's accompanist feel about Kathleen's voice?
(a) She thinks it is often sharp.
(b) She thinks it is a lost cause.
(c) She thinks it is often flat.
(d) She thinks it is angelic and perfect.

8. What was the name of Materia's younger sister?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Bernadette.
(c) Deliah.
(d) Camille.

9. What is the name of James's cousin, he sends Kathleen to live with in New York?
(a) Miles.
(b) Wiles.
(c) Giles.
(d) Riles.

10. How old is Leo Taylor when he is hired by James to drive Kathleen to and from school?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

11. How does Materia cope with the death of her baby?
(a) She scrubs the house.
(b) She drinks a bottle of whiskey.
(c) She locks herself in the bedroom and prays.
(d) She begins smoking and swearing.

12. What shocking news does the theater owner make moments after Kathleen's performance?
(a) That war has broken out.
(b) That the stock market has crashed.
(c) That a girl has been stabbed in the dressing rom.
(d) That the theater is on fire.

13. What is significant about Daddy's hair in the photograph the narrator describes in the prologue?
(a) It is bleached blonde.
(b) It is braided.
(c) It is shaved.
(d) It has grown in patchy in parts and bald in others.

14. What was Materia's reaction to Kathleen's death?
(a) All of the answers are true.
(b) She was frightened and confused.
(c) She was relieved.
(d) She was overwhelmed with guilt.

15. Which of the following medals does James receive when he is discharged from duty?
(a) The Distinguished Service Order Medal.
(b) The American Defense Medal.
(c) The Purple Heart Medal.
(d) The Armed Forces Reserve Medal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Kathleen during her first singing recital?

2. After James moved away from home, where did he settle?

3. What is the gender of Kathleen's baby?

4. What is strange about James's reaction to Kathleen striking the piano keys?

5. What is James's reaction to burying Ambrose?

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