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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. Where does Lala say Adan was when she realized Baby was gone?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Robbing a house.
(c) Working at his job as a cook.
(d) Fishing with friends.

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

3. Who does Sergeant Beckles lust after?
(a) Jacinthe.
(b) Wilma.
(c) The Queen of Sheba.
(d) Lala.

4. What commotion is happening on the beach when Mira is walking home in Chapter 9?
(a) Someone found a strange ship that looks like it crashed on the sand.
(b) Someone was found bloody and nearly dead.
(c) Someone kidnapped a baby.
(d) Someone found a shark's body.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Adan doing when Lala finds him in Chapter 1?

4. What is at the bottom of the steps to Adan's house?

5. Why does Wilma decline to use the antiseptic cream on Esme's bruises?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Baby die?

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

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

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

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

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