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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. What is a major reason Esme does not really want to marry her fiance?
(a) He is much younger.
(b) He is bad to Lala.
(c) He has no job.
(d) He is from America.

2. Who does Adan tell Lala he thinks is acting strangely in Chapter 18?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Tone.
(c) Esme.
(d) Carson.

3. Who does Sergeant Beckles see lurking behind Adan's house in Chapter 16?
(a) Carson.
(b) Tone.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Esme.

4. Who does Tone beat badly during a football game?
(a) Fish Brown.
(b) Adan.
(c) Fred.
(d) Rishin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tone offer Lala for her work in Chapter 22?

2. Which man ends up prompting the fight between Esme and her new husband?

3. Who does Lala approach on the beach after Adan beats her in Chapter 18?

4. What is one reason for Mira's extreme unhappiness in Chapter 19?

5. Where is Tone sent for three months in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems did Mira and Peter have just before Peter's death?

2. What happens to Tone in his youth that generates great anguish and anger in him afterwards?

3. Why does Tone bring Jacinthe to Lala's and Adan's house in the first place?

4. Who takes care of Mira after Peter's death, and how does this person act around Mira?

5. How does Esme, Lala's mother, die?

6. What are some reasons Lala does not leave Adan after he starts beating her?

7. What proposition does Adan bring to Tone in Part IV?

8. Who teaches Adan the ins and outs of a life of crime?

9. What do Tone and Lala often do together when they become friends as youngsters?

10. Who does Adan rob and beat many years later from his own childhood?

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