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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 kind of dresses does Lala wear on the beach in Chapter 22?
(a) Polyester.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Gingham.
(d) Seersucker.

2. Where are the drugs Adan is proposing trafficking coming from?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Vincy.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Venice.

3. Where does Lala first meet Adan?
(a) At a fair.
(b) At the warehouse where they both work.
(c) At school.
(d) At a club.

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

5. Who comes up with the cover story that baby was kidnapped?
(a) Adan.
(b) Tone.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Wilma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lala sometimes chase after on the beach, thinking they are Baby?

2. Who comes to visit Lala at the end of Chapter 18?

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

4. How does Lala pay for Baby's funeral in Chapter 24?

5. Where do Lala and Tone first have sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tone remember most about Lala from their youth?

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

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

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

5. Why is Tone sent to jail as a youngster?

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

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

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

9. What incident prompts Adan's first beating by his Auntie Petra?

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

(see the answer keys)

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