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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of Bernice's husbands became a mental patient just weeks after they married?
(a) Her second husband.
(b) Her third husband.
(c) Her fourth husband.
(d) Her first husband.

2. What was John Henry doing when F. Jamsin eventually arrives home from her date?
(a) Looking at bats around the street lights.
(b) Gazing at the stars.
(c) Eating leftovers from dinner.
(d) Playing cards with Bernice.

3. What happens when Bernice tries to reason with Frankie about her wedding plans?
(a) She changes her plans and decides to leave with the solider from the Blue Moon.
(b) She listens and decides to return home after the wedding.
(c) She changes her plans and decides to travel on her own after the wedding.
(d) She will not listen and she insists on being called by her new name.

4. What no longer scares F. Jasmin now that she knows she is leaving?
(a) The jail.
(b) The Blue Moon.
(c) Sears & Roebuck.
(d) The girls' club.

5. How does F. Jasmin knock the solider out?
(a) She hits him over the head with a water basin.
(b) She breaks a glass water pitcher over his head.
(c) She hits him over the head with a lead pipe.
(d) She hits him in the head with a baseball bat.

6. What does F. Jasmin stop to look at on her way to Bernice's house?
(a) The jail.
(b) The Blue Moon.
(c) The school house.
(d) The department store.

7. How long ago does Bernice say she met Ludie?
(a) 5 years ago.
(b) 30 years ago.
(c) 20 years ago.
(d) 10 years ago.

8. What is the point of Bernice's story about her four husbands?
(a) The point is that she did not have any members in her wedding party.
(b) The point is that she married four dishonest men.
(c) The point is that she did not love any of the men she married.
(d) The point is that she tried to copy her first love.

9. What street does Bernice live on?
(a) Perennial.
(b) Marigold.
(c) Goldberry.
(d) Chinaberry.

10. What frustrates and frightens F. Jasmin at twilight on the day before the wedding while she is in the kitchen?
(a) Her father seems like he will not miss her if she leaves.
(b) She is unable to say what she means.
(c) John Henry will not have any friends if she leaves.
(d) Bernice hide all of her clothes so she cannot pack her bags.

11. What does F. Jasmin compare her date to?
(a) A ride at a fair.
(b) A cold winter day.
(c) Eating a nasty dinner.
(d) Skiing downhill.

12. What does F. Jasmin, Bernice, and John Henry all do, suddenly, at the same time in the darkening kitchen?
(a) They fall asleep.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They cry.
(d) They start cleaning.

13. What does Bernice ask F. Jasmin to do in order to change the subject?
(a) Tell about her date with the solider.
(b) Tell about Uncle Charles.
(c) Model her dress for the wedding.
(d) Teach her how to make a biscuit man.

14. What color are John Henry's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

15. As F. Jasmin gets agitated at twilight on the day before the wedding, what does she do?
(a) She screams loudly at John Henry and Bernice.
(b) She threatens to shoot the bride and groom if they do not take her with them.
(c) She paces around the table waving a knife.
(d) She pulls wildly at her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, time in August could be divided into four parts. What is not one of those parts?

2. What does F. Jasmin do while Bernice tells her the story of Ludie Freeman?

3. Which character says," Fool's hill. You have a whole lot less of sense than I was giving you credit for. What makes you think they want to take you along with them? Two is a company and three is a crowd."

4. Where did Bernice and Ludie get married?

5. What did the streets in the middle of the town remind F. Jasmin of?

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