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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 talk about incessantly and inappropriately following Baby's funeral?
(a) Jacinthe.
(b) The Queen of Sheba.
(c) Grayson.
(d) Mira.

2. What is the name of Grayson's dog?
(a) Henry.
(b) Hattie.
(c) Janey.
(d) Betsy.

3. What does Lala know that some people lie about in abusive relationships?
(a) The first slap.
(b) The way they think they will leave.
(c) The circumstances of their marriages.
(d) The way their partners feel about them.

4. What does Tone offer Lala for her work in Chapter 22?
(a) Elastics.
(b) Hair gel.
(c) Beads.
(d) Combs.

5. Who does Mira confess some details about her feelings about her affair to?
(a) Rosa's husband.
(b) Grayson.
(c) Tone.
(d) Adan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes up with the cover story that baby was kidnapped?

2. What does Tone show Lala in Chapter 22 that he has shown almost no one else?

3. What is Mira doing when she suffers her third miscarriage?

4. Who does Esme eventually marry?

5. What does John buy Adan in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death?

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

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

9. What story does Adan start telling just between himself and Lala about Baby's death?

10. What huge secret is Tone keeping from Adan?

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