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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 common animal did Pete catch around the house and use to make gumbo for his family?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Rats.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Opossums.

2. Who took a death photograph of Charlie, thinking she wouldn't make it through the night?
(a) Charlie's aunt.
(b) Charlie's mother.
(c) Charlie's grandmother.
(d) Charlie's sister.

3. What war was Robert returning home from when he decided to commit suicide?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Civil War.

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

5. What act of service did Pete and the girls perform for Charlie when she returned to Leechfield after the funeral?
(a) They read passages from The Bible aloud to her.
(b) They bathed her.
(c) They gave her a massage.
(d) They cooked her dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of music signaled Charlie's worst type of mood to the girls?

2. During what month of the year were the construction projects in the Karr family home complete, allowing for Grandma Moore to finally move in?

3. To which caged animal did Mary compare her mother while visiting the Houston zoo?

4. Who was Mr. Thibideaux?

5. What was the name of Charlie's cousin, who Grandma Moore thought had made all the right decisions in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Karr family when Mary moved away from Texas to pursue her education?

2. Who was Mr. Thibideaux?

3. What happened when Mary and Lecia were sent to spend the evening overnight with Hector's sister, Alecia?

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

5. How did the neighborhood pitch in to help when Grandma Moore moved in with the Karr family?

6. What was Pete's reaction to the news that his daughters would be coming to stay with him full-time?

7. What relationship did Mary have with her grandmother when the pair was living together during Mary's childhood?

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

9. Who was Purdy?

10. How did Lecia react when her mother threatened to shoot Hector in front of her?

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