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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. How does Lucy feel about letting Mariah get to know her?
(a) She is too shy.
(b) She loves to share her world with Mariah.
(c) She rebuffs Mariah.
(d) She tells Mariah more than she meant to.

2. What habit does Mariah have?
(a) She sings constantly.
(b) She talks on the phone a lot.
(c) She cleans constantly.
(d) She goes shopping every day.

3. How did the people in Lucy's new home treat her?
(a) They are rude to her.
(b) They berate her.
(c) They are nice to her.
(d) They ignore her.

4. On one of their first dates, Mariah and Lewis watched a movie starring ___________________.
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Bing Crosby.
(c) Marlon Brando.
(d) John Wayne.

5. Where did Lucy grow up?
(a) Australia.
(b) A Caribbean Island.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Korea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lucy fit in with the family?

2. What do Mariah and Gus prepare for dinner one night?

3. How did Lucy's parents treat her?

4. Lucy sometimes comments that Mariah is ______________.

5. What does Mariah tell Lucy that surprises Lucy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the usual content of Lucy's mother's letters to her?

2. What was the dream Lucy related to the family one day, and how did they respond?

3. In Chapter One, how did Lucy get along with the maid in the house?

4. What are some of the things that Lucy cannot stand and what does she not understand about the family?

5. What is revealed about Lucy at the beginning of Chapter One?

6. Why was Lucy surprised that the sun is shining in the city?

7. How do Lucy and Mariah seem to have a hard time getting to know each other?

8. Why has Lucy come to America?

9. How does Mariah represent Lucy's mother for Lucy?

10. Who lived in the house where Lucy lived and worked?

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