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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 is Mira married to?
(a) Grayson Franks.
(b) Adan Primus.
(c) Peter Whalen.
(d) Tone.

2. Why does Adan hide before he knows who has come to visit them in Chapter 6?
(a) He does not want to see anyone besides Wilma.
(b) He is too hungry to wait and talk to visitors before eating.
(c) He is hiding from the police.
(d) He has scars he is ashamed of.

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

4. What does Mira's mother suggest doing on the phone after Peter's death?
(a) Selling all Mira's assets.
(b) Eating more.
(c) Praying.
(d) Mira adopting a child.

5. What is one reason Lala thinks Baby died?
(a) Carson is a bad person.
(b) She did not read enough about how to take care of Baby.
(c) Adan is a bad person.
(d) She is being punished for having a previous abortion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Adan and Lala fight over in Chapter 14?

2. What story does Wilma tell Lala in the Prologue?

3. What is Wilma's relationship to Lala?

4. What does Adan wear on his face during the robbery?

5. Why does Lala go looking for Adan in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baby die?

2. Whose fault does Adan tell Lala he thinks Peter Whalen's murder is?

3. What does Sergeant Beckles think about the death of Baby?

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

5. Why does Lala go out to find Adan in the middle of the night early in Part I?

6. What is Tone's idea to try to avoid the consequences of Baby's death?

7. What has Mira Whalen's mother always advocated?

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

9. What does Mira want more than anything after she marries Peter?

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

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