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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 noise starts suddenly and startles the family?
(a) Gunshots down the street.
(b) A fierce thunderstorm.
(c) Hundreds of birds outside the house.
(d) Sirens.

2. Where do Tiger and Jesse Wade have lunch together?
(a) By the creek.
(b) At McDonald's.
(c) Under an oak tree.
(d) At a park.

3. Tiger tells the beautician that she wants a hairstyle like whose?
(a) Elizabeth Taylor's.
(b) Audrey Hepburn's.
(c) Grace Kelly's.
(d) Jean Seberg's.

4. Why does Dorie Kay send Magnolia to the Parkers' home for a few days?
(a) To talk to Corrina about grief.
(b) To get some rest.
(c) To write the checks.
(d) To help the family.

5. What unnerves Tiger at the apartment's swimming pool?
(a) She can't dive like she used to.
(b) Someone whistles at her.
(c) She is afraid of the deep end of the pool.
(d) Someone almost drowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Dorie Kay tell Tiger about Corrina?

2. What does Dorie Kay note about the dress in #86?

3. Who does Aunt Dorie Kay ask to check in on Corrina when Lonnie is at work?

4. Tiger prepares for her first day of working at ___________________.

5. What name does Aunt Dorie Kay want Tiger to go by when in the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between her parents that makes Tiger reconsider moving to Baton Rouge with Aunt Dorie Kay?

2. Why is Shorty so angry when Mrs. Thompson takes Lonnie's advice over his?

3. Who is Magnolia and what is her role in the story?

4. How does the author show that Tiger craves a sophisticated lifestyle but still has a lot to learn about living in the city?

5. How does Tiger demonstrate strength of character regarding Abby Lynn's opinions of her?

6. What is the allure for Tiger of moving to Baton Rouge to be with Aunt Dorie Kay?

7. What does Aunt Dorie Kay explain to Tiger regarding the reason for Corrina's childlike mindset?

8. What does Tiger note about racial prejudice when she is in town with Aunt Dorie Kay?

9. What does Lonnie prove are his positive characteristics?

10. What is Corrina's state of mind after Granny's death and what arrangements does Aunt Dorie Kay make for some immediate care?

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