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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favorite food does Bart reject when he comes home from the hospital?
(a) Short ribs.
(b) Strawberry shortcake.
(c) Apple pie.
(d) Mashed potatoes.

2. When Bart ties Apple to a cart, and pretends to be a cowboy, his grandmother joins his make-believe by pretending to be a _________?
(a) Indian.
(b) Prairie widow.
(c) Schoolmarm.
(d) Prospector.

3. What does the psychiatrist tell Chris and Cathy that Bart seems programmed for?
(a) Jealous rages.
(b) Trouble.
(c) A broad spectrum of prejudices.
(d) Self loathing.

4. What does Bart say to deter Emma from following through with her threat to spank him?
(a) He'll kill her if she touches him.
(b) He'd tell him mom.
(c) He was digging in Apple's poop.
(d) He would cut up all of Cindy's clothes.

5. Now that Cathy cannot dance, what does she consume her time with?
(a) Writing a book.
(b) Playing with Cindy.
(c) Helping Bart.
(d) Baking.

6. What causes Cathy's fall during a series of pirouettes?
(a) Stray prop.
(b) Bart's evil eye.
(c) Cindy's bald head.
(d) Loose ribbon.

7. What is Bart pretending to be when he attacks Cindy in her pool?
(a) Bear.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Snake.
(d) Wolf.

8. What does Malcolm's journal say he took pleasure in beating?
(a) Animals.
(b) Servants.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

9. When conversing with Bart, why does John Amos say Cathy is writing her book?
(a) To tell Bart how to solve his problems.
(b) Because of womanly weakness.
(c) To confess her crime.
(d) To reveal the evil of her mother.

10. What second role does Cathy dance for in the ballet that she does not tell Chris about?
(a) Corps.
(b) Swanhilda.
(c) Coppelius.
(d) Mechanical doll.

11. In Tales of Evil, what does Bart tell Jory he wants to capture and put in his pocket until it grows big?
(a) Kangaroo.
(b) Snake.
(c) Duckling.
(d) Finch.

12. In Gathering Darkness, what does Chris use to coax Bart out of bed?
(a) Ant terrarium.
(b) Fish hatching.
(c) Lemon pie.
(d) Chicken legs.

13. As Bart is waiting to die under the shrubs, who's problems does he think he is he solving?
(a) Cathy's.
(b) Jory's.
(c) His grandmother's.
(d) Malcolm's.

14. What reason does the old woman give to Jory for why she doesn't open the drapes in her windows?
(a) She hasn't had the windows cleaned yet.
(b) Windows frighten her.
(c) The light hurts her eyes.
(d) She feels safe in the darkness.

15. Who says, "conceived in fire, born in heat," to Bart about his birthday?
(a) Cathy.
(b) John Amos.
(c) Emma.
(d) The old woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Bart shoves Cindy from Cathy's lap, Cathy calls him the child of her _________.

2. The old woman tells Jory the first man she married was ________ to her.

3. What is Bart making for Clover?

4. Bart thinks that doctors are always seeing blood because they're always cutting into people. What blood is Chris noticing when Bart thinks this?

5. What does Bart accuse Corinne of doing to Apple after he returns from the hospital?

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