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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 is left to distract the realtor while Brandy and Shannon go upstairs?
(a) Signore Alfa Romeo.
(b) Sofanda Peters.
(c) Shane McFarland.
(d) Evie Cottrell.

2. What is the scene setting in the beginning of Chapter One?
(a) The scene setting is a bris.
(b) The scene setting is a wedding reception.
(c) The scene setting is a funeral.
(d) The scene setting is a baptism.

3. What does Shannon steal from the store?
(a) She takes a frozen turkey.
(b) She takes money from the cash register.
(c) She takes a bouquet of flowers.
(d) She takes a birthday cake.

4. How does Shannon's accident occur?
(a) She runs a red light.
(b) She is rear-ended by a semi.
(c) She is shot while driving down the highway.
(d) She is talking on a cell phone.

5. What is Shannon's defining clothing accessory?
(a) She always wears combat boots.
(b) She always wears lipstick.
(c) She always wears diamonds.
(d) She always wears veils.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Shannon sabotaging Seth?

2. Why is it important for the family to be specific with the colors on the quilt?

3. What aspect of Shannon's life is Brandy constantly changing?

4. Where does Evie's family get their money?

5. How does Shannon describe Brandy's mouth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Shannon's disfigurement?

2. Why do Evie and Shannon continually visit the department store?

3. Why does Brandy introduce Shannon to veils?

4. What is Shannon's father's strategy for selling his pigs at market?

5. What subject is Evie most interested in during the pretend dramas she enacts with Shannon at the department store?

6. Why does the narrator feel that she has no native tongue?

7. While watching television in the hospital, what infomercial does Shannon see?

8. What philosophy does Brandy Alexander have that Shannon finds attractive?

9. Why does Shannon prefer to think of her brother as dead?

10. When the realtor talks about Canadian currency, why does it give the group pause?

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