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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. How old is March when her father dies?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

2. What is Gwen eating when the Judge visits in Chapter 6?
(a) Ritz crackers.
(b) Oreos.
(c) Chips Ahoy.
(d) Pepperidge Farm Mint Milanos.

3. What is the waitresses pet project?
(a) St. Bridget's.
(b) Harvest Fair.
(c) Library volunteers.
(d) The high school carnival.

4. Who is the only friend at home that Gwen likes?
(a) Stella.
(b) Roger.
(c) Minnie.
(d) Ben.

5. Who is Hollis's adopted nephew?
(a) Hank.
(b) Cooper.
(c) Eric.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who usually pays Alan's expenses?

2. Who tells March about Hollis's life before he came to live with them?

3. Who among the pallbearers installed an air conditioner for Judith Dale the previous summer?

4. What scent does March think she smells in Hollis's room in the attic?

5. Belinda attended a boarding school where?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how does March find out about Hollis's return to Jenkintown and what does she do about it.

2. After the death of Henry Murray, what jobs does Hollis take and why?

3. Alan loans March money for a round trip ticket to California. What does she do while she's waiting to board the plane?

4. How and why is Alan intent on killing himself?

5. In Chapter 7, Gwen questions why she would want to go back to California. Why does she do this?

6. How is Gwen dressed for the funeral of Judith Dale?

7. When March was growing up, who was everyone's favorite lawyer and why?

8. The house Hollis owns is falling apart and he receives satisfaction from this. Why?

9. Why has March brought her daughter, Gwen, with her to bury Judith Dale and settle her estate?

10. What relationship does March have with Richard, the man who will be her husband, when she is younger.

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