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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. How does Trudy die?
(a) She has a stroke.
(b) She is hit by a car.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) She drowns.

2. What does Grandmother accuse Susan of?
(a) Making her go insane.
(b) Stealing her husband.
(c) Cheating on her son.
(d) Killing Trudy.

3. What does Louise's grandmother call the Captain during the storm?
(a) A heathen.
(b) An angel.
(c) A General.
(d) A sick man.

4. Where does Louise's mother offer to send her to school?
(a) Crisfield.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York.
(d) Baltimore.

5. What does the sky look like after the storm?
(a) Cloudy and misty.
(b) Foggy and angry.
(c) Peaceful and mucky.
(d) Clear and beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Louise describe her soul after Call's marriage?

2. What does Louise name the twin girl she delivers at the end of the book?

3. What was completely destroyed in the storm?

4. Where is Louise married?

5. What kind of person does Louise say has the most freedom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Louise do when she realizes that the older twin she caught at the end of the book is being ignored?

2. How does Grandmother react after the news of Hiroshima?

3. How does Louise describe Truitt?

4. What does Louise say about the boredom she feels at school?

5. How does Louise feel about herself after the lotion incident, and what is appealing to her about this?

6. What does Louise decide to do in an effort to change her luck?

7. Why does Louise's grandmother dislike the Captain?

8. What does the Captain say to Louise at Christmas?

9. What does Louise like most about the Captain, and why?

10. How does Louise feel when she begins working for her father?

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