View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does James sell his barrels of bootleg liquor?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Inverness.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Cape Breton.

3. How often does Kathleen write home, after moving to New York?
(a) Everyday.
(b) Sporadically, whenever she has free time.
(c) Rarely. Her chaperone writes most of the letters.
(d) Every week.

4. What type of town is the town where the Piper family lives?
(a) A ghost town.
(b) A mining town.
(c) A shopping town.
(d) A historic town.

5. Besides English, what other language does Materia speak at home?
(a) Russian.
(b) French.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. When her father is gone, how does Kathleen treat her younger sisters?

2. Who found the dead baby and tried to resuscitate him?

3. What does Frances show to Lily to prove that Ambrose was a real person?

4. What is the name of Materia's fourth daughter, who only lives a few days before her death?

5. What is Ambrose buried in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is James obsessed with during his deployment, and how does that fuel his future upon returning home?

2. What makes James a good bootlegger?

3. How does Materia respond to her first pregnancy?

4. What did Mercedes think was happening when she watched the incident at the creek?

5. What is the difference between Other Lily and baby Ambrose, both who died in infancy?

6. How does James adjust to life at home with Kathleen living in New York?

7. How does Mumma die?

8. What story does Frances tell Lily about the christening gown?

9. What motivates James to join the army?

10. What film stars do the Piper girls idolize?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 909 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample