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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Molly and her family move to after Molly's sixth grade year?
(a) Florida.
(b) Washington.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) New York.

2. What do Molly and Connie Pen do to cause the school to be closed for an entire day?
(a) Put a dead fish in the main ventilator.
(b) Start a fire.
(c) Win a special reward.
(d) Call in a bomb threat.

3. Why does Carrie encourage Molly to play with Cheryl Spiegelglass?
(a) Because Cheryl's father is Carrie's boss.
(b) Because Cheryl doesn't have any other friends.
(c) Because Cheryl likes to do typical girl things.
(d) Because Cheryl is very smart.

4. When Florence notices Carrie crying, what does Molly tell Florence is the cause of her tears?
(a) She is sad because Carl is gone.
(b) She has something in her eye.
(c) She is reading a sad book.
(d) She was cutting onions.

5. What does Mrs. Silver suggest Molly may want to do?
(a) Tell her parents she is gay.
(b) Run for student council president.
(c) Study harder.
(d) Become a photographer.

6. Why does Molly decide to stay home more following Carl's death?
(a) To do the chores Carl did before his death.
(b) Because she's happier at home now that Carl is gone.
(c) To keep Carrie from being lonely.
(d) Because she is depressed.

7. What does Molly intend to do when she sneaks downstairs the night of Jennifer's burial?
(a) Watch the stars.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Steal a snack from the refrigerator.
(d) Spy on Leroy.

8. What does Molly do to Cheryl Spiegelglass when Cheryl tells her she has to be a nurse because she's a girl?
(a) Runs away crying.
(b) Tells Cheryl she is right.
(c) Punches Cheryl in the mouth.
(d) Tells Cheryl she is ugly.

9. What kind of love does Molly decide she'd prefer to find instead of marriage?
(a) Love that is not the "forever kind."
(b) Platonic love.
(c) Love of God.
(d) Passionate love that lasts forever without marriage.

10. Why doesn't Leroy's family continue to live with Molly's family?
(a) Carrie doesn't like them.
(b) Carrie is afraid Leroy and Molly will get into trouble.
(c) Carl and Ep have an arguement.
(d) Ep finds a job in another city.

11. What job does Carl take in Part 2: Chapter 6?
(a) Truck driver.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Baker.
(d) Garbage man.

12. Why does Connie Pen become angry at Molly and Carolyn Simpson?
(a) Because they refuse to go to the prom.
(b) Because they decide to go to college together.
(c) Because Carolyn pays a lot of attention to Molly.
(d) Because they break up with their boyfriends.

13. What play is the class studying when Molly and Connie Pen come up with a plan to make their teacher like them?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) The Twelfth Night.
(c) The Aeneid.
(d) King Lear.

14. What grade is Molly in as Part 1: Chapter 5 begins?
(a) 12th grade.
(b) 2nd grade.
(c) 6th grade.
(d) 9th grade.

15. Why do Molly and Connie Pen have more freedom during their senior year than other students?
(a) They are well liked.
(b) No one pays any attention to what they do.
(c) They discover Mr. Beers's affair with Mrs. Silver.
(d) They are the top students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carolyn Simpson refuse to do with her boyfriend?

2. What does Molly decide she'd rather be when she, Cheryl Spiegelglass, and Leroy are playing nurses?

3. Who is Carrie?

4. Who is Craig?

5. How does Carl die?

(see the answer keys)

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