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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 color was the paint that Mary smeared over her face and mouth while her mother was out of the painting studio?
(a) Green.
(b) Purple.
(c) Orange.
(d) Blue.

2. Which lunch does Mary remember most loving as a child, remembering how the construction worker men ate the meal with reverence?
(a) Boiled shrimp.
(b) Oysters.
(c) Smoked salmon.
(d) Caviar.

3. What did Mary ask for for dinner on her tenth birthday?
(a) Lasagna.
(b) Poached eggs.
(c) Steak.
(d) Fried chicken.

4. Which of the following is NOT something Grandma Moore regularly complained about when she was living with the Karr family?
(a) The food.
(b) The temperature inside the house.
(c) The girls' behavior.
(d) The cleanliness of the house.

5. In what room of the house did the Karr family eat their dinner until Grandma Moore came to stay with them?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the bedroom.
(c) In the living room.
(d) In the dining room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grandma Moore show Mary as proof that Tex and Belinda were real people?

2. What did Pete buy for Mary for her tenth birthday?

3. What was Pete doing at the time his wife and children finally returned home from West Texas?

4. Where did Mary's father work when she was a child?

5. Who was Mr. Thibideaux?

Short Essay Questions

1. What startling event did Mary experience while driving in the car with her mother to Lubbock as a child?

2. What did Mary believe to be the most traumatic memory of her childhood?

3. After leaving the hospital, how did Charlie react when visiting the Houston Zoo?

4. What did Pete witness of the hurricane when he refused to evacuate to Lubbock with his family?

5. What happened when Hector and Pete met face-to-face in Texas?

6. How did Mary find out that her family was moving, yet again, from Colorado?

7. What happened during the playground fight between Mary and Rickey Carter?

8. What was The Liars' Club?

9. What traumatic event occurred while Mary and her family were driving from Leechfied to Lubbock in the hopes of outrunning the storm?

10. Who was Bumper, and what happened to him when Pete was admitted into the hospital?

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