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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the religious service continue after it is interrupted?
(a) Under the porch.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the parlor.
(d) In the barn.

2. What does Joel try and avoid when going inside his head?
(a) Uncomfortable circumstances.
(b) Questions.
(c) Chores.
(d) Responsibility.

3. What is the name of Idabel's twin sister?
(a) Florabel.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Amy.

4. Who is described as stomping on the ground during the religious service in Chapter 3?
(a) Angela Lee.
(b) Joel.
(c) Zoo.
(d) Jesus Fever.

5. What is Idabel going to retrieve from the creek in Chapter 5?
(a) Some shoes.
(b) Her dog.
(c) A watermelon.
(d) A rope.

6. Who does Joel determine he will make his friend near the end of the religious service?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Amy.
(c) Idabel.
(d) Zoo.

7. What is the name of Idabel's dog?
(a) Jim.
(b) Bob.
(c) Henry.
(d) Brown.

8. What is shouted to the Lord during the religious service?
(a) Beggings for needs.
(b) Curses.
(c) Thanks.
(d) Praise and prayers.

9. What instrument is played during the religious service?
(a) Piano.
(b) Harmonica.
(c) The accordion.
(d) Guitar.

10. How did the woman who owned the hotel that Little Sunshine lives in, die?
(a) She killed herself.
(b) She fell off the roof.
(c) She was shot.
(d) She was stabbed.

11. What is the name of the restaurant that is first seen in the book?
(a) Morning Star Café.
(b) Cloud Hotel.
(c) Skully's Landing.
(d) The Carnival.

12. What is the name of the mule that Joel rides on to his father's house?
(a) Henry.
(b) Jim.
(c) Buck.
(d) John Brown.

13. What does Amy tell Joel that the house doesn't have because Randolph doesn't approve of it?
(a) Plumbing.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Plumbing and electricity.
(d) Paintings and decorations.

14. What does the item that the eccentric hermit brings to Zoo supposed to have?
(a) Guarding powers.
(b) Healing powers.
(c) Guiding powers.
(d) Magical powers.

15. What does Joel do after witnessing the singing and exhortations during the religious service?
(a) Cries.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Becomes angry.
(d) Cowers in awe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florabel bemoan about her sister when talking with Joel in Chapter 5?

2. When he reverts inward during the religious service, what does Joel say his life has done to a point where he is trapped with crazy people? w

3. What is the name of the eccentric cousin that lives at Joel's father's house?

4. What is the name of Jesus Fever's granddaughter?

5. What is the name of Randolph's mother?

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