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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Beverly rationalizes his tryst with Lulu after Henry's funeral as:
(a) The result of their long-buried passion for one another.
(b) The result of Lulu's desire to have one last child.
(c) The result of two people getting over the grief of loss.
(d) The result of Lulu's effect on men.

2. Why does Marie love to go to Mass as a child?
(a) It teaches her about being a saint.
(b) She longs to be a nun.
(c) She has a mail-order Catholic soul.
(d) It is her only opportunity to go into town unchaperoned.

3. Marie attempts to overthrow Leopolda and punish her by:
(a) Telling the nuns how Leopolda scarred her hand.
(b) Hitting her with the iron spoon.
(c) Locking her in her room.
(d) Stealing her iron spoon.

4. What does Leopolda's big key open?
(a) The closet where the Dark One is hiding.
(b) The iron stove.
(c) The larder where the food is kept.
(d) The medicine closet where she keeps the salve.

5. Lulu's fainting at Henry's funeral suggests:
(a) She was afraid the neighbors would talk about her affair with Beverly.
(b) She loved him and was overcome by grief.
(c) She was already pregnant with Henry Jr.
(d) She was alarmed at the sight of Beverly.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Albertine is changing in the bathroom, Henry:

2. What does the description of the woods as shadowy and cold foreshadow?

3. When Marie says she "did for Nector what [she] learned from the nun," she means:

4. When Lulu goes to her bedroom to lay down and "wait," what does this imply?

5. Leopolda claims she is interested in Marie in particular because:

(see the answer key)

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