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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. What are the names of Cedar's adoptive parents?
(a) Glen and Sera.
(b) Adam and Mary.
(c) Sweetie and Eddy.
(d) Roger and Julia.

2. When was Kateri Tekakwitha beatified by Pope John Paul II?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2005.

3. What outstanding feature does Cedar describe of her baby's father in Part I?
(a) He has wings.
(b) He has a third eye.
(c) He has four arms.
(d) He has four feet.

4. Where did Eddy go to college for his undergraduate degree?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

5. When Mother first appears to Cedar, Cedar describes her face as being round and white like what?
(a) Pizza dough.
(b) The sun.
(c) A saucer.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious faith does Cedar associate with her adoptive parents?

2. What color is Sweetie's house?

3. Where does Cedar see the phrase "Future Home of the Living God" in Part I (13)?

4. Where did Phil have to go to find food after the supermarkets have run out in Part I?

5. On what date did Cedar witness her first "gravid female detention" at a mall parking lot in Part I (73)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Cedar goes to her first ultrasound appointment in Part I?

2. How is Sweetie described when Cedar first meets her?

3. What does Hiro warn Cedar about when he delivers her mail to her home in Part I?

4. From what perspective and tense is the story related? How is the novel framed?

5. What publication does Cedar produce? What is its subject?

6. How is the situation described when Cedar witnesses her first accosting and detainment of a pregnant woman in Part I?

7. How is Little Mary described when her character is introduced?

8. Who is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha?

9. What is the significance of Sera eating a hot dog?

10. What is Eddy's book comprised of? How long is it when Cedar meets him?

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