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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 religion does Joseph follow?
(a) Mormon.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Methodist.

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

3. What day does Call get married?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Valentine's Day.

4. What does Grandmother do when Louise stands up for her mother?
(a) Screeches at the top of her lungs.
(b) Faints.
(c) Hits her with a bible.
(d) Slaps her.

5. What does Caroline do during the storm?
(a) Reads.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Makes coffee.
(d) Prays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louise want to be when she grows up?

2. What does Louise name her first son?

3. How many letters does Louise receive from Call?

4. What does Grandmother accuse Susan of?

5. Who does Louise say she does not want to end up like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was destroyed in the storm?

3. What does the Captain do to try to calm Louise's grandmother during the storm, and how does she respond?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Louise learn has happened after the storm is over?

10. How does Louise describe Truitt?

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