View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Lala and Tone first have sex?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) The sea inlet where dolphins gather.
(c) In the tunnels.
(d) The cliffs.

2. Who does Lala approach on the beach after Adan beats her in Chapter 18?
(a) Grayson and Mira.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Sergeant Beckles.
(d) Tone.

3. What type of woman is the Queen of Sheba to Sergeant Beckles?
(a) The type he could kill.
(b) The type he would build a house for.
(c) The type he would marry.
(d) The type he would ruin.

4. Who does Mira confess some details about her feelings about her affair to?
(a) Rosa's husband.
(b) Tone.
(c) Grayson.
(d) Adan.

5. What does the Queen of Sheba do for a living?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Prostitution.

6. Where does Esme work for a while in her youth following Lala's birth?
(a) A food truck.
(b) A cabaret.
(c) A library.
(d) A brothel.

7. What does Mira notice about how Rosa treats the first Mrs. Whalen?
(a) She acts like a child in front of the first Mrs. Whalen.
(b) She is more affectionate with her than she is with Mira.
(c) She is very deferential to the first Mrs. Whalen.
(d) She is colder towards her than she is with Mira.

8. Who comes to visit Lala at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Tone.
(c) Esme.
(d) Sergeant Beckles.

9. Which neighbor of Adan's is convinced he is a bad seed?
(a) Ms. Hattie.
(b) Ms. Nancy.
(c) Ms. Jenny.
(d) Ms. Haverford.

10. How has Beckles come to take the solving of Baby's murder?
(a) As a test of wills between him and his long-time nemesis.
(b) As a mission from God.
(c) As the last case he will work on before retirement.
(d) Personally.

11. What does Tone remember the most about Lala from when they first met?
(a) Her humming.
(b) Her dancing.
(c) Her red hair.
(d) Her cooking.

12. What gnaws at Tone even after he is punished for beating others?
(a) His sorrow over his lost baby with Lala.
(b) The Thing He Can Not Name.
(c) His poverty.
(d) His guilt.

13. What does Lala sometimes chase after on the beach, thinking they are Baby?
(a) Seals.
(b) Crabs.
(c) Other children.
(d) Seagulls.

14. Who comes up with the cover story that baby was kidnapped?
(a) Adan.
(b) Tone.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Betsy.

15. What is Mira doing when she suffers her third miscarriage?
(a) Singing in the church choir.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Showing a house to a client.
(d) Hosting Sam's fourth birthday party.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Esme die?

2. What does Mira think the children's eyes hold as they hug her goodbye when they leave with their own mother?

3. What does Lala know that some people lie about in abusive relationships?

4. Where does Lala first meet Tone?

5. What does John buy Adan in Chapter 15?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 494 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample