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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Serafina wearing?
(a) A pink slip.
(b) A blue mini skirt.
(c) A night dress.
(d) A black shawl.

2. Who will not allow Rosario's body to be cremated?
(a) Rosario's mother.
(b) The local community.
(c) Rosario's father.
(d) The Catholic Church.

3. What does Rose have tied around her wrist?
(a) A rag.
(b) A piece of string.
(c) A piece of rope.
(d) A hankerchief.

4. What is the little boy playing with?
(a) A ball.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A dog.
(d) A train.

5. When does the doctor say Assunta should inject Serafina with the morphine?
(a) When she tries to get up.
(b) When she hits out.
(c) If she talks about her husband.
(d) When she becomes hysterical.

6. What part of her body does Serafina clutch?
(a) Her throat.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her knee.

7. What do the women beat Estelle with?
(a) Her roses.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A whip.

8. What city are Bessie and Flora catching a train to?
(a) Mobile.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New Orleans.

9. What are the mothers demanding Serafina give them?
(a) Funeral suits.
(b) Graduation dresses.
(c) Baseball uniforms.
(d) School uniforms.

10. What does Assunta say her powder will do to Serafina's husband?
(a) Make him fall in love.
(b) Make him more potent.
(c) Make him do the housework.
(d) Make him work harder.

11. Why is Rosa allowed to graduate even though she missed her final examinations?
(a) She is an ambassador for the school.
(b) She is a popular student.
(c) She is the school mascot.
(d) She achieved good grades in the past.

12. Why do the women decide against calling the police?
(a) The police are corrupt.
(b) They are on the run.
(c) They don't want more trouble.
(d) The police have better things to do.

13. Who pleads with Serafina to release the graduation dresses?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Assunta.
(c) Miss Yorke.
(d) Petra.

14. What ethnic group is the area mostly populated with?
(a) Jews.
(b) Sicilians.
(c) Hispanics.
(d) African Americans.

15. What kind of drug does the doctor give Assunta to give to Serafina?
(a) Seroxat.
(b) Prozac.
(c) Codeine.
(d) Morphine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Serafina say she has lost?

2. Who does the group agree should tell Serafina the news?

3. Which of the group opens the house door?

4. Who had been Rosario's lover?

5. What does the sign in the window say?

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