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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Del notes as different in town and the country?
(a) Sunday supper
(b) Landscape
(c) Houses
(d) People

2. What happens to Uncle Craig's manuscript?
(a) Del has it published
(b) Del donates it to the library
(c) Del makes arrangements to have it edited
(d) Del assumes it is ruined

3. What does Uncle Bill call Del's mother?
(a) Adeline
(b) Addie
(c) Maddie
(d) Adelaide

4. Where does Del's mother rent a house?
(a) In the suburbs
(b) In town
(c) In the country
(d) In a neighboring town

5. Who tries to force Del to view Uncle Craig's body?
(a) Aunt Elspeth
(b) Owen
(c) Del's mother
(d) Mary Agnes

6. What does Aunt Moira call Del?
(a) A jewel
(b) A lunatic
(c) A mad dog
(d) An angel

7. What do Del's aunts believe should be avoided in life?
(a) Greed
(b) Intimacy
(c) Religion
(d) Ambition

8. Everything is ________________ in town.
(a) More desirable
(b) More expensive
(c) Happier
(d) Louder

9. What are the names of Del's aunts?
(a) Elspeth and Grace
(b) Elise and Grace
(c) Elsie and Grace
(d) Elspeth and Graciela

10. Why does Benny drive to Ketchener?
(a) To buy groceries
(b) To get a haircut
(c) To go to the post office
(d) To pick up a new housekeeper

11. According to Del's mother, it makes no more sense to believe that an unseen being died for our sins than it would be to ___________________________________.
(a) Believe in the Easter Bunny
(b) Believe the Aztec notion that the sun would nor rise or set with the sacrifice of live hearts
(c) Believe in Santa Claus
(d) Believe in leprechauns

12. Why does Del's mother not stop Del from attending church?
(a) She wants Del to make her own decisions
(b) Del's mother is not home when she goes
(c) Allowing Del to go will prove that her mother is right
(d) She believes in freedom of choice

13. What has the family's dog done recently?
(a) Learned to roll over
(b) Run into traffic
(c) Killed a sheep
(d) Had puppies

14. Where is it thought that Madeleine moves after leaving Benny?
(a) Portland
(b) Toronto
(c) Amarillo
(d) Cincinnati

15. What happens when Major kills another sheep?
(a) He is sent to obedience school
(b) He has to be put down
(c) He is confined to the house
(d) He is castrated

Short Answer Questions

1. Del's mother denounces religion and _______________________________.

2. Del's prays that she will _____________________________.

3. Which religion does Del not try out in her search for a religious home?

4. What is the name of the road where Del's family lives?

5. What was Uncle Craig doing when he died?

(see the answer keys)

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