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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color were the stamps that Mary collected from the grocery store along with her mother's shopping?
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

2. How many classrooms did Mary's school in Antelope have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. For what holiday celebration did Mary hitchhike to Texas to be with her family?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Easter.
(c) New Year's.
(d) Memorial Day.

4. Which of the following objects was NOT present in Mary and Lecia's imagination of the ward where their mother was being kept?
(a) White walls.
(b) Straight jackets.
(c) Nurses with needles.
(d) Shock therapy.

5. Which of the following family members was the only family member to stay dry-eyed during the divorce news that rocked the Karr family?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Pete.
(c) Lecia.
(d) Mary.

6. What did the girls in Mary's classroom typically do during their recess from school?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Dance.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Swear.

7. How long was Pete in town for the purchase of the new house before he had to fly back to Texas to work -- a move that scandalized the neighborhood?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Three weeks.

8. Where did the Liar's Club regularly meet?
(a) In a bar.
(b) In an old church.
(c) In a hunting shack.
(d) In the elementary school.

9. In what topic of study did Mary receive her Master's Degree?
(a) Business.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Mary did not receive her Master's Degree.
(d) Poetry.

10. From where did Mary and Lecia draw many of the images for their imagination of their mother's ward?
(a) From brochures.
(b) From books.
(c) From movies.
(d) From the television.

11. Which of the following food items did Hector regularly eat raw, which sickened Charlie?
(a) Chicken breasts.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Hamburger patties.

12. Who was the first to spot Mary hiding in the tree with her BB gun?
(a) Rickey's father.
(b) Rickey's mother.
(c) Rickey's brother.
(d) Rickey Carter.

13. To which city did the Karr family travel to see the World's Fair?
(a) New York.
(b) Seattle.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Montreal.

14. How many reading levels did Mary progress during her first week in the Antelope school?
(a) 18 reading levels.
(b) 11 reading levels.
(c) 7 reading levels.
(d) 15 reading levels.

15. What did Charlie find in Pete's wallet that sent her into an outburst of tears while she was driving home from visiting him at the hospital?
(a) A poem.
(b) A receipt.
(c) A ticket stub.
(d) A photograph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Mary's family encouraged her to begin defending herself on the playground?

2. How did Mary describe the architecture of the new house her mother purchased with the inheritance money?

3. In what state did Charlie randomly decide to purchase a house while traveling to the World's Fair?

4. For whom did Lecia lie and say she made hand-painted fishing lures?

5. How did Pete react when Mary blurted out that she didn't want her mother to come home from the psychiatric ward?

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