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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does pregnancy affect Frances's character?
(a) She becomes peaceful and happy.
(b) She becomes sullen and depressed.
(c) She becomes irritable and annoyed.
(d) She becomes overly excited and emotional.

2. What ailment affects Teresa Taylor's husband Hector?
(a) He is crippled.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He is epileptic.

3. What does Frances claim is the only thing she wanted from Leo?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) A baby.
(d) She didn't want anything from Leo.

4. What does Lily demand when business picks up at the speakeasy?
(a) Half of the door-fees.
(b) A new piano.
(c) All of the answers are true.
(d) A higher raise.

5. How much money does Frances want to save up as a gift to Lily?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $4,000.

6. What does Frances name her son?
(a) Augstine.
(b) Aloysius.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) Agamemnon.

7. Where was Kathleen's lover David going to be sent during the war?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

8. Who does Mercedes believe is the cause of the family's pain and suffering?
(a) Materia.
(b) Lily.
(c) James.
(d) Kathleen.

9. Who does Frances claim is Lily's real father?
(a) James.
(b) A black neighbor.
(c) She claims no one knows who Lily's father is.
(d) The milkman.

10. What persona does Frances take on while working for her Uncle Jameel?
(a) Valerie Perrine.
(b) Louise Brooks.
(c) Joan Brown.
(d) Maria Ford.

11. How old was Frances's son when he met Mercedes for the first time?
(a) Eight years old.
(b) Twelve years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Six years old.

12. How does Mercedes react when she learns her father is ill?
(a) She is terrified.
(b) She is pleased.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is confused.

13. What does Lily believe impregnated Frances?
(a) The bullet.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The angels.
(d) The bull.

14. Where does Mercedes arrange for Frances to give birth to her baby?
(a) Fabou.
(b) Gabou.
(c) Mabou.
(d) Dabou.

15. Why doesn't James want to remember Armistice Day?
(a) Because it is the day his wife died.
(b) Because it is the day he went searching for Kathleen.
(c) Because it reminds him of the horrors of war.
(d) Because it is the day he sent Kathleen off to live in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frances claim lives in the cave?

2. How does Adelaide Taylor feel about Frances?

3. What is the name of Jameel's only son?

4. What year does Mercedes graduate from high school?

5. At which famous New York building did Herr Blutwurst arrange for Kathleen to have an audition?

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