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

2. What does Uncle Hob give to Little Sister?
(a) Marshmallows.
(b) A beach towel.
(c) Flip flops.
(d) An umbrella.

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

4. Aunt Patty asks Willa Jo if Little Sister had drunk _________________ the day they went to the fair.
(a) coffee.
(b) soda.
(c) juice.
(d) bad water.

5. What does Aunt Patty do that surprises the girls?
(a) Lets them have Liz over for a slumber party.
(b) Comes out onto the roof with them.
(c) Tells them they can sleep in a tent tonight.
(d) Buys them cute clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the gossip in Aunt Patty's neighborhood?

3. What does Willa Jo notice as she runs back home after seeking help the person in #133?

4. What is one of Aunt Patty's grievances at the house?

5. What was Baby's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though Baby died at sunrise, what flicker of hope does a sunrise hold for the family?

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

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

4. How does the author end the story on a hopeful note?

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

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

7. What does Aunt Patty suggest they do to get Little Sister to talk, and how does that send Willa Jo over the edge with her aunt?

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

9. What does Uncle Hob do to ingratiate himself to the girls while they're sitting on the roof?

10. Why does Willa Jo associate Baby's death with the sunrise?

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