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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) Mira Whalen.
(b) Stella.
(c) Carson.
(d) Wilma.

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 makes Esme pay for her clothes that were ruined.
(c) Wilma tells Esme what happened was her fault.
(d) Wilma does not stay to comfort Esme after the rape.

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

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

5. Where does Adan hide out from the police?
(a) The shack at the edge of town.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) Wilma's.
(d) The tunnels and caves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Adan blame solely for Baby's death?

2. Who are Mira's stepchildren?

3. What does Mira's mother suggest doing on the phone after Peter's death?

4. What is Adan's identifying mark?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esme resent Wilma so much in later years?

2. What does Lala like to do on the beach to earn money?

3. What lie does Lala tell about where Adan was when Baby "disappeared"?

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

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

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

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

8. What problems does Sam have following Peter's death?

9. How does Baby die?

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

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