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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 does Lucy want to do when Mariah takes her to a garden?
(a) Take some photos.
(b) Destroy the life there.
(c) Takes some seeds.
(d) Buy some plants.

2. Who was Lucy's mother's friend who had a scar on her face?
(a) Evie.
(b) Aggie.
(c) Sylvie.
(d) Ada.

3. What do Mariah and Gus prepare for dinner one night?
(a) Vegetable Kabobs.
(b) Steaks.
(c) Fish.
(d) BBQ Chicken.

4. Which of the following does Lucy NOT consider to be part of her life?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Anger.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Resentment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lucy once had to memorize a poem about which type of flower?

2. Who is the friend Mariah meets when at the vacation house?

3. A letter from Lucy's mother tells of _____________________.

4. Mariah can be best described as being ________________.

5. What comforts Lucy in the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy feel about spring and why was Mariah sad on the first day of spring this year?

2. How does Lucy feel about Mariah's happiness?

3. What is the story of Sylvie?

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

5. What does Lucy note about the train ride to the Great Lakes?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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