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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Wilma visit in the hospital in Part I?
(a) Carson.
(b) Esme.
(c) Adan.
(d) Lala.

2. What does Esme always hold against Wilma from what happens with Carson in Chapter 11?
(a) Wilma puts Esme right to work that day.
(b) Wilma does not stay to comfort Esme after the rape.
(c) Wilma makes Esme pay for her clothes that were ruined.
(d) Wilma tells Esme what happened was her fault.

3. What is the curse Wilma tells the police the Wilkinson women have?
(a) Bewitching men.
(b) Cooking so well.
(c) Having bad hearts.
(d) Falling into terrible murderous situations.

4. What kind of woman was Wilma in 1963?
(a) A woman of order.
(b) A woman who knew how to end things.
(c) A woman of impulse.
(d) A woman of ill repute.

5. What is Wilma's last name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Primus.
(c) Baxter.
(d) Wilkinson.

6. What was Wilma thinking about when Esme rushed into her workshop, all beaten and bloody?
(a) Chicken for dinner.
(b) Her friends.
(c) A new dress pattern.
(d) Her garden.

7. What does the person who wakes Mira up in the middle of the night in Chapter 9 ask her for?
(a) Water.
(b) To watch a movie.
(c) Comfort and medicine.
(d) Food.

8. Who comes to Lala's aid when Baby is found dead on the beach in Chapter 10?
(a) Carson.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Esme.
(d) Daily.

9. Who comes to wake Mira up in the middle of the night in Chapter 9?
(a) Beth.
(b) Peter.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Sam.

10. Who does Adan sometimes sell coconuts to?
(a) Jacinthe.
(b) Tone.
(c) Coyote.
(d) Wilma.

11. What does Adan tell Tone he wants to talk about with him the following day?
(a) Whether Tone can come for dinner.
(b) A business proposition.
(c) If Tone wants to rob a jewelry store with him.
(d) Whether Tone wants to buy another jet ski.

12. What does Tone sell on the beach?
(a) Rides on jet skis, marijuana, and sex.
(b) Tickets to clubs.
(c) Coconuts.
(d) Songbooks.

13. What had Peter been trying to do when he had been killed?
(a) Save his dog.
(b) Protect his money.
(c) Run for the beach.
(d) Save Mira.

14. Where does Lala keep some of her money she earned from braiding?
(a) Under the mattress.
(b) In a book.
(c) In her shoes.
(d) Buried in a spot on the beach in a tin.

15. Where does Mira live most of the year?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Wilma do in the 1960s?

2. What problem was in Mira's and Peter's relationship when Peter died?

3. Where does Adan hide out from the police?

4. What does Mira repeatedly buy at the convenience store?

5. What is one reason Lala thinks Baby died?

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