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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 tall was the wave of water Pete saw flooding in from the hurricane?
(a) Twenty feet tall.
(b) Fifteen feet tall.
(c) Five feet tall.
(d) Ten feet tall.

2. What room did the Liars' Club transform into a spare bedroom when Grandma Moore comes to stay with the Karr family?
(a) The living room.
(b) The garage.
(c) The den.
(d) The porch.

3. What prompted the fight between Charlie and Pete on Mary's tenth birthday?
(a) Money.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A haircut.
(d) Infidelity.

4. During what major event in American history was Charlie Moore born?
(a) The dust bowl.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) The emancipation.
(d) The Second World War.

5. Who cut into Mary's birthday cake before her on her tenth birthday?
(a) Lecia.
(b) The cake was never cut.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what season of the year did Charlie have her full scale mental breakdown?

2. What physical reaction did Mary have when her grandmother was around that was her first feeling of "nervousness"?

3. What insect attacked Charlie's car as she was driving to her mother's home in West Texas?

4. After hearing about Tex and Belinda, how long did Mary spend burying the memory of these children?

5. What illness was Charlie diagnosed to die from at the age of two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pete manage the family's money during their toughest financial times?

2. What happened to Mary while she was out at the bar with Pete during her school vacation?

3. What happened while Mary was reading the book Charlotte's Web while staying home sick from school?

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

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

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

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

8. How did Charlie react to the news of the hurricane that threatened to eviscerate Leechfield?

9. In what ways did Mary try to care for her father when he came to live with the family after being released from the hospital?

10. How did the Karr family react when Lecia was attacked by the jellyfish at the beach?

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