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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is her mother's response when Jean asks her why she married her father?
(a) " I needed him."
(b) " I couldn't make it on my own."
(c) "I loved him."
(d) "We had to have something for you."

2. How does Jean's mother refer to their neighbors?
(a) That poor family.
(b) Next Door.
(c) John and Meg's family.
(d) The Johnsons.

3. How does Jean's attempt to tell her mother about her deafness go?
(a) Her mother tells her it is a symptom of the rapture.
(b) She tells her mom but can't hear her mother's answer.
(c) She writes "the world is very quiet" on a paper. Her mother nods and keeps reading a book.
(d) She tries to wait until her mother is undistracted but can't find a time.

4. How does the Society for the Lost fare under the direction of Jean's mother?
(a) It doubled in membership.
(b) It is slowly becoming more and more radical.
(c) She launched Pastor Spratt to fame.
(d) There are fewer converts every year.

5. On Melanie's first visit to Jean's church, who is the only one that sits out of the dancing and music making of Pastor Finch's new song?
(a) Jean.
(b) Melanie.
(c) The woman from the paper shop.
(d) Jean's mother.

6. What does Jean realize when her sampler does not win in a school contest?
(a) No one else in school is like her.
(b) The rest of the world does not like her church.
(c) Her church does not prepare her for the world.
(d) A thing is not a problem, and it's environment is not a problem, but the conjunction of the two can be.

7. What does Jean's mother call the public school?
(a) The breeding ground.
(b) The corrupter of children.
(c) The devils work.
(d) The mill of brainwashing.

8. What does the prince announce about the woman after their talk?
(a) She is perfect.
(b) All of the above.
(c) She was symmetrical in every respect.
(d) She was not flawless.

9. What does Mrs Arkwright do for Jean in the market?
(a) She lets Jean put her orange box in her stall out of the rain.
(b) She takes some of pamplets to put up herself.
(c) Lends Jean her cart to haul apples.
(d) She gives Jean some food.

10. What do Jean and her mother do routinely on Sunday mornings?
(a) Enjoy a conversation over tea.
(b) Take notes on the World Service radio program.
(c) Cook an extravagant lunch.
(d) Discuss how the Lord has blessed their lives.

11. What does the woman at the vermin shop give Jean?
(a) Some empty tins.
(b) Some oranges.
(c) The creeps.
(d) A fever.

12. What does Melanie do at the end of her fist service at Jean's church?
(a) Asks for forgiveness in front of the whole congregation.
(b) Reluctantly agrees to come to another.
(c) Throws up.
(d) Invites Jean out to lunch.

13. How does Jean pass the time she spends in the children's ward at the hospital?
(a) Looking at sick people.
(b) Talking with other kids.
(c) Contemplating the Lord.
(d) Making igloos out of her orange peels.

14. In Jean's dream of getting married, who is her husband?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A pig.
(c) The man from the post office.
(d) All of the above.

15. Where does Jean's mom get her a new mac?
(a) The butcher's lost and found.
(b) Marks & Spencer.
(c) A seconds shop.
(d) A booth in the market.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean ask for when her mother takes her to town to buy mince?

2. What what Jean's mother's response when Jean told her about the marriage dream she had?

3. What does Jean's mother have her do in the market for the special conference for the Society?

4. What stories does Jean's mother tell her as they sit on the memorial stone at the top of the hill?

5. What job does Jean end up getting from the wreath-making friend?

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