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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 was the name of the restaurant where Pete punched Charlie in the face?
(a) Yacht Cafe.
(b) Mountain Cafe.
(c) Bridge Cafe.
(d) Sun Cafe.

2. What insect attacked Charlie's car as she was driving to her mother's home in West Texas?
(a) Fire ants.
(b) Locust.
(c) Mosquitos.
(d) Cockroaches.

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

4. How did Mary know that Lecia had been attacked by a jellyfish even though her sister was still in the water?
(a) She could smell Lecia's skin burning.
(b) She could feel Lecia's pain.
(c) She could see Lecia's blood.
(d) She could hear Lecia's screaming.

5. On what was Mary lying at the opening of the memoir?
(a) A pile of dirty sheets.
(b) Bloody linoleum flooring.
(c) A naked mattress.
(d) A goose-down pillow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the opening of the novel, in what room of the house was Mary lying when the doctor arrived?

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

4. Who cut into Mary's birthday cake before her on her tenth birthday?

5. Which part of Grandma Moore's body had to be amputated after turning gangrenous?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Charlie react to the news that their family had inherited a large sum of money from Grandma Moore's estate?

2. What image did Mary see when she went to the hospital to visit her grandmother after the surgery on her leg?

3. How did Pete react when Mary announced that she didn't want her mother to return from the mental institution?

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

5. Why did Mary begin to compulsively check the mailbox after Father's Day?

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

7. What led up to the fight between Charlie and Pete on Mary's tenth birthday?

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

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

10. What conflict arose regarding Pete's medical insurance when he suffered his stroke?

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