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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 does Tone show Lala in Chapter 22 that he has shown almost no one else?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The cliffs.
(c) The sea inlet where dolphins gather.
(d) The caves and tunnels.

2. What does Rosa tell Mira in Chapter 19 about her grief?
(a) Her grief is hurting the children.
(b) She should go to temple to pray to be released from her grief.
(c) She has got to pull herself together.
(d) She can grieve for as long and hard as she likes.

3. Why was Adan robbing Peter Whalen's house to begin with?
(a) To get the money for a drug deal.
(b) To get the money for Tone to finally go to college.
(c) To get the money for Baby's funeral.
(d) To get the money to go to America.

4. How old is Lala when she first meets Tone?
(a) 4.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 18.

5. How does Lala pay for Baby's funeral in Chapter 24?
(a) With money from Tone.
(b) With money from Mira.
(c) With money from Wilma.
(d) With money from Grayson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rejects Tone the day he gets out of jail?

2. What does Adan wear when he robs Dr. Thompson?

3. What does Tone remember the most about Lala from when they first met?

4. Who kills Esme?

5. How does Esme die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Lala get the money for Baby's funeral?

3. What is Adan fixated on, strangely, after Baby's funeral?

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

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

6. What does Tone show Lala that he has not shown to almost anyone else?

7. Who does Sergeant Beckles cheat on his wife with?

8. Why is Sergeant Beckles so anxious to solve the mystery of Baby's death?

9. Who keeps coming to see Lala after Baby's death when Adan is not at home, and how does Lala greet this person?

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

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