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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. Who does Adan tell Lala he wants to kill?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Stella.
(c) Carson.
(d) Mira Whalen.

2. What does Mira repeatedly buy at the convenience store?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Milk.
(c) Bread.
(d) Raisins.

3. What happens to Esme in Chapter 11 that becomes a terrible family secret?
(a) She is assaulted on the beach by a neighbor.
(b) Her mother beats her to death.
(c) She robs a store and is sent to jail.
(d) Her father rapes her.

4. What does Mira do during the robbery that enrages Adan?
(a) Pulls the mask off his face.
(b) Pulls the stocking off his face.
(c) Stabs him.
(d) Spits at him.

5. What does Adan buy Lala when she is pregant even though they are very expensive?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Pineapples.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Cherries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adan tell Tone he wants to talk about with him the following day?

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

3. What is Wilma's last name?

4. Who does Lala always see walking a dog on the beach?

5. What does Adan do sometimes on good days with Lala?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interrupts the robber in Mira's house in Part I?

2. What is Peter trying to do when the robber kills him?

3. Why does Wilma send her own daughter Esme away from the house when Esme is a young girl?

4. How does Mira Whalen behave for the first five days after the murder of her husband Peter?

5. What is Wilma's story to the police about her own marriage to Carson?

6. Why does Mira repeatedly buy raisins at the store following Peter's death?

7. How does the hospital staff treat Lala when she has her baby there?

8. Why does Lala have to leave the hospital with Baby alone?

9. How does the one-armed sister lose her arm?

10. Why does Wilma tell Lala the story of the one-armed sister?

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