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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Del's favorite thing out of all of Benny's possessions?
(a) Aquarium
(b) Snow globe
(c) A stack of newspapers
(d) Chintz chair

2. Who is Uncle Bill's second wife?
(a) Aunt Naomi
(b) Aunt Betty
(c) Aunt Esther
(d) Aunt Nile

3. What does Del's father not want to believe about the family dog?
(a) That he will run away
(b) That he is a mutt
(c) That he can speak
(d) That he will kill again

4. Who is the boarder that Del's mother takes in?
(a) Fawn Dogherty
(b) Fern Dogherty
(c) Fern Dawson
(d) Felicia Dogherty

5. What does Del notice while shoveling snow one day?
(a) A snow plow
(b) A redbird
(c) A car with American license plates
(d) A blizzard coming

6. What rumor does Benny confirm to the Jordans about Madeleine?
(a) She is still married to someone else
(b) She beats her child
(c) She is a lesbian
(d) She is an ex-convict

7. Del's mother denounces religion and _______________________________.
(a) Greed
(b) The idea that Christ died on the cross for us
(c) Hypocrisy
(d) Spirituality

8. How old is Del in this chapter?
(a) 16
(b) 14
(c) 12
(d) 18

9. Which religion does Del not try out in her search for a religious home?
(a) United Church of Christ
(b) Jewish
(c) Baptist
(d) Catholic

10. What does Del find especially troubling about Major's death?
(a) The deliberateness of the act
(b) Missing Major licking her face
(c) Missing Major's funny tricks
(d) Choosing the best place to bury Major

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

12. What extreme weather occurs during the last spring that Del spends in Jubilee?
(a) A flood
(b) A blizzard
(c) A hurricane
(d) A tornado

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

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

15. What is Owen's plan for saving Major?
(a) Letting him live with the family in Jubilee
(b) Moving out of state
(c) Running away with Major
(d) Having Major trained

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has arrived in the car with American license plates?

2. Where do Aunt Elspeth and Aunt Grace move after Uncle Craig's death?

3. Which of the following do Del's aunts not do for the family?

4. What does Del's mother tell Del about Uncle Bill?

5. What does Del say about her Uncle Benny?

(see the answer keys)

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