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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 was Baby's real name?
(a) Joy Ellen Dean.
(b) Jamie Elise Dean.
(c) Janine Elaine Dean.
(d) Jacqueline Eva Dean.

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

3. What do Noreen and the girls watch at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Cartoons.
(b) A movie.
(c) Good Morning America.
(d) The sunrise.

4. Why was Willa Jo secretly happy that Aunt Patty showed up?
(a) Noreen needed help.
(b) She was her favorite aunt.
(c) She always took them out for ice cream.
(d) Aunt Patty brought presents.

5. What does Aunt Patty want Uncle Hob to do when she appears at the dormer window?
(a) Come inside the house.
(b) Give sweaters to the girls.
(c) Pass in the empty picnic basket.
(d) Fix the roof tiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willa Jo tell Uncle Hob that she and Little Sister would like to have returned to them?

2. What is the only thing Noreen would do after Baby's death?

3. Why does Willa Jo want to go to the drugstore?

4. What is the only thing that Noreen would do after Baby died?

5. Aunt Patty introduces Little Sister as ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What behavior was Noreen exhibiting that showed her depression and why was Willa Jo happy that Aunt Patty arrived?

2. What insight does Uncle Hob offer as to why Noreen is coming to get the girls?

3. What type of painting did Noreen create which she hoped would help the girls understand Baby's death?

4. Explain the story Uncle Hob tells the girls about the summer he spent with his grandfather after his grandmother died.

5. Describe what happened in the house on the morning that Baby died.

6. Why do Aunt Patty and Uncle Hob seem to enjoy sitting on the roof with the girls?

7. What lessons has Aunt Patty learned by having the girls with her for awhile?

8. Why was the girls' father gone from home so much and what suggestion did Aunt Patty have for Noreen and the girls?

9. What type of emotion does Aunt Patty show when she asks if Little Sister had drunk any of the water at the carnival?

10. Why does Aunt Patty suggest taking the girls home with her for awhile and how does Willa Jo secretly feel about it?

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