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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 type of plant did Grandma Moore grow on her farm in West Texas?
(a) Barley.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Rye.

2. Whom did Charlie call on the phone after threatening to harm her daughters?
(a) Pete.
(b) The doctors.
(c) The priest.
(d) Her father.

3. Which of the following Karr family members refused to evacuate the home when a hurricane rolled through?
(a) Pete.
(b) Mary.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Lecia.

4. Where did Mary's father work when she was a child?
(a) At the oil refinery.
(b) At the elementary school.
(c) At the limestone quarry.
(d) At the local newspaper.

5. 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 sister.
(d) Charlie's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of his body did Pete claim his father broke before his death?

2. Which of the following did Mary want to purchase with the money she inherited from Grandma Moore's estate?

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

4. What color was the paint that Mary smeared over her face and mouth while her mother was out of the painting studio?

5. What meal did Grandma Moore insist on eating rather than eating Pete's roadside gumbo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Mary and Lecia find out they had missed Father's Day?

3. What was Mary's reaction to seeing her mother in the mental hospital for the first time?

4. 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?

5. What happened when the Karr family left the Bridge Cafe soon after Mary's birthday?

6. What was the effect of the many years of hard drinking on Pete's body?

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

8. Who was Mr. Thibideaux?

9. What parts of the school system in Antelope were different than the school system in Leechfield?

10. Why did Charlie choose to vacation in Mexico for four weeks, and what news did she bring back to her daughters upon her return?

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