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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lorraine justify the fact that her mother picks on her?
(a) She sees herself as an overly needy teen.
(b) She gives her mother grief.
(c) Her mother is abandoned by four husbands.
(d) Her mother has a hard life.

2. Why does John's father have to quit drinking?
(a) He is diagnosed with sclerosis of the liver.
(b) He is involved in a drunk driving accident.
(c) He develops a brain tumor.
(d) John's mother threatens to leave him.

3. What happens after Lorraine scolds John for running up the stairs with roller skates?
(a) She feels badly and apologizes profusely.
(b) The police officer starts to ask them questions.
(c) He bursts out of the house in anger.
(d) They yell at each other and then comfort one another.

4. What happens when John climbs up the stairs in roller skates and Mr. Pignati attempts to follow?
(a) Mr. Pignati grabs his chest and falls.
(b) The phone rings.
(c) There's a knock at the door.
(d) John falls down onto Mr. Pignati.

5. Does John genuinely believe that Mr. Pignati wants them to have a party?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) He's not quite sure.
(d) He doesn't care what Mr. Pignati wants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John do when Norton asks about Mr. Pignati?

2. When John and Lorraine are alone in Mr. Pignati's place, what does John ask for?

3. Who shows up to John's and Lorraine's party?

4. Lorraine treasures a picture she has of _____.

5. Following Lorraine's heart to heart talk with her mother in the kitchen, the teen feels that_____.

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