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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the all-women's college in South Hadley?
(a) Mount Holyoke.
(b) Smith.
(c) Vassar.
(d) Brown.

2. What had Lucia Maraniss loved to do all her life, according to the author in Chapter 3?
(a) Draw.
(b) Ballet dance.
(c) Play piano.
(d) Play guitar.

3. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Late Night When the Phone Rang."
(b) "You Can All Clap Now."
(c) "Losing."
(d) "Rising Tide."

4. What is the name of the team at the Amateur Athletic Union that Jen and Jamila played with?
(a) The Massachusetts Buffalo.
(b) The Central Mass Cougars.
(c) The Northampton Blue Devils.
(d) The Cathedral Bullets.

5. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) "Late Night When the Phone Rang."
(b) "Rising Tide."
(c) "You Can All Clap Now."
(d) "Losing."

6. What is Jamila Wideman's father's profession?
(a) He is a butcher.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a novelist.
(d) He is a painter.

7. What community surrounding Amherst is described by the author in Chapter 1 as "the shopper's mecca" (25)?
(a) Northampton.
(b) Willhem.
(c) Chesterton.
(d) Pelham.

8. In what year was there a brutal stabbing murder of a woman in a store parking lot in Amherst?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1982.

9. What is Kristin Martin's father's profession?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a contractor.

10. What team were the Amhers Lady Hurricanes playing on March 3, 1992?
(a) The Northampton Blue Devils.
(b) The Goza Beavers.
(c) The Central Mass Cougars.
(d) The Cathedral Badgers.

11. What does the author claim the official seal is for Amherst in Chapter 1?
(a) A cross and a torch.
(b) A star.
(c) A sword and a shield.
(d) A book and a plow.

12. What are described as Rita Powell's most prized possessions in Chapter 3?
(a) Her rings.
(b) Her drawings.
(c) Her uniforms.
(d) Her journals.

13. Who was the coach for the Amherst Lady Hurricanes in 1992?
(a) Ron Moyer.
(b) Carol Gilligan.
(c) Brenda Sepanek.
(d) John Edgar Wideman.

14. Where were the Amherst Lady Hurricanes playing on the night of March 3, 1992?
(a) Cathedral High School.
(b) Central Mass High School.
(c) Jefferson High School.
(d) Union High School.

15. In what U.S. state is the book set?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Amherst event is hosted by the Rotary Club in August of each year?

2. Where did both of Kathleen Poe's parents go to college?

3. What food had Kathleen Poe been known for eating and loving?

4. Where did Jen Pariseau live with her family in 1992?

5. What is the name of Kristin Marvin's stepfather who worked as a contractor?

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