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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Serafina hear in the distance?
(a) The church bells.
(b) Boys playing.
(c) The high school band.
(d) The highway.

2. Where did Rose meet Jack?
(a) The graduation dance.
(b) On holiday.
(c) A high school dance.
(d) A bar.

3. What does Miss Yorke want to get from the closet?
(a) Rosa's homework.
(b) A broom.
(c) Rosa's dress.
(d) A cushion.

4. Who does Serafina not want the women to behave improper in front of?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) The dog.
(c) Herself.
(d) Rosa.

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

6. What does Serafina ask the group not to do?
(a) Come in.
(b) Speak.
(c) Cry.
(d) Sit down.

7. What of the following words best describes Serafina?
(a) Slim.
(b) Anorexic.
(c) Fat.
(d) Plump.

8. What is Rosario's job?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A truck driver.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A bricklayer.

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

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

11. Who do the women consider calling?
(a) Jack.
(b) The police.
(c) Their husbands.
(d) The army.

12. Who did Peppina hear calling to her from inside the house?
(a) Estelle.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Rosario.
(d) Serafina.

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

14. What did Rose tell Peppina had been locked up?
(a) Her money.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her keys.
(d) Her dog.

15. Why does Father de Leo not want Rosario's body to be cremated?
(a) Serafina cannot afford such a funeral.
(b) It is against Serafina's wishes.
(c) It is against Rosario's wishes.
(d) It is an abomination of the Catholic Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the graduation dresses for?

2. What does Miss Yorke ask for?

3. What does Rosa say she is ashamed of?

4. What does Flora say she and Bessie will do if Serafina does not give them the blouse?

5. What is the name of the priest?

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