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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 does Lynn's mother want to keep after her death?
(a) Everything in Lynn's room.
(b) Everything that made Lynn smile.
(c) Everything Lynn touched.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Katie's mother lecture her about on her birthday?
(a) Being nice to Sammy.
(b) Choosing good friends.
(c) Cleaning up after herself.
(d) Doing better in school.

3. What is left at the picnic site?
(a) The bicycles.
(b) The basket.
(c) Lynn's journal.
(d) Katie's wallet.

4. What does Katie do to Lynn for her mother after Lynn is dead?
(a) Cuts her fingernails.
(b) Clips a lock of her hair.
(c) Dresses her.
(d) Washes her.

5. How long do Buddhists say it takes for the spirit to leave the earth after the body dies?
(a) 39 days.
(b) 49 days.
(c) 29 days.
(d) 59 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katie like about the hatchery her father works at?

2. What makes Katie's father laugh?

3. What is the name of the music group that Katie and Silly pretend to be in on Katie's birthday?

4. Who builds the box for Lynn's altar?

5. What kind of tree is outside the new house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katie's mother tell her she must do when they get home from the hospital?

2. How does Katie find out what is really wrong with Lynn?

3. What does Katie do before they take Lynn's body away?

4. What do Katie and Sammy do at the hatchery?

5. How does Sammy get hurt while on the picnic?

6. What does Katie do when she hears that Amber is not friends with Lynn anymore?

7. What does Katie do for her mother just after Lynn dies?

8. What does Katie do on her eleventh birthday?

9. What does Katie write in her essay about Lynn?

10. What gets Katie's father fired, and what does he say to Katie about it?

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