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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Noreen think Baby is fussy on the way home?
(a) She must be hungry.
(b) She must be teething.
(c) She must be sleepy.
(d) She must need a diaper change.

2. Why is Miss Pettibone terminated from the Bible School?
(a) Because she stopped showing up for class.
(b) Because the students got ticks.
(c) Because she came drunk one day.
(d) Because she took the students on field trips without permission.

3. Noreen painted pictures of Baby ___________________.
(a) playing in the grass.
(b) in heaven.
(c) in her bed.
(d) as a newborn.

4. A dream about _______________ wakens Willa Jo.
(a) Baby.
(b) Miss Pettibone.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Her mother.

5. What does Noreen tell the girls she is sure about Baby?
(a) They will always keep Baby in their hearts.
(b) She knew how much they loved her.
(c) That she did all she could for her.
(d) She is in heaven with the angels.

6. Little Sister almost slips off the roof when _____________________.
(a) she claps her hands.
(b) she moves to a higher spot.
(c) she drops her soda can.
(d) she reaches for the umbrella.

7. Aunt Patty wants to hold Little Sister upside down or ________________ to make her talk.
(a) sit on her.
(b) pinch her.
(c) slap her.
(d) squeeze her.

8. Noreen has called and wants to _________________.
(a) move to Charlotte.
(b) go shopping.
(c) get a divorce.
(d) see the girls.

9. What does Willa Jo find her mother doing the morning after Baby's funeral?
(a) Watching the sunrise.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Sitting in the dark smoking cigarettes.
(d) Crying in Baby's room.

10. Who is the gossip in Aunt Patty's neighborhood?
(a) Mrs. Peterson.
(b) Mrs. Petitjean.
(c) Mrs. Potts.
(d) Mrs. Piper.

11. What does Aunt Patty say to Willa Jo that lets her know she is fed up with her?
(a) Willa Jo doesn't have one cooperative bone in her body.
(b) Willa Jo is the most anti-social child she has ever known.
(c) Willa Jo should just get her shoes on and walk home.
(d) Willa Jo is a bad influence on Little Sister.

12. What does Willa Jo tell Uncle Hob that she and Little Sister would like to have returned to them?
(a) Their tennis shoes.
(b) Their purses.
(c) Their pictures.
(d) Their radio.

13. What is the only thing Noreen would do after Baby's death?
(a) Paint.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Cry.
(d) Vomit.

14. How is Noreen traveling to Aunt Patty's house?
(a) She is taking a bus.
(b) She is taking a train.
(c) She is driving a car.
(d) She is taking an airplane.

15. What does Aunt Patty tell Noreen about being on the roof?
(a) It is very hot.
(b) It is slippery in spots.
(c) It's a great place to have a family chat.
(d) She wouldn't believe the view.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT true about Willa Jo and Little Sister at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. Uncle Hob tells Willa Jo and Little Sister about the summer he was _______________

3. What did Aunt Patty offer to pay for for Noreen?

4. Aunt Patty says she is moving to _______________ where nobody will know her.

5. Who did Noreen talk to a lot of times while her husband was away?

(see the answer keys)

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