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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Molly describe Leota Bisland?
(a) As the most beautiful girl she's ever seen.
(b) As the smartest person she's ever met.
(c) As nice but frumpy.
(d) As mean and ugly.

3. Who does Carrie warn Molly not to speak to unless absolutely necessary?
(a) Asian Americans.
(b) Leroy.
(c) African Americans.
(d) Homeless people.

4. Why does Molly give Earl Stambach the box?
(a) Earl told on her at school several times.
(b) It is Earl's birthday.
(c) Earl called her names.
(d) She likes Earl.

5. Who is Molly dating during her senior year?
(a) No one.
(b) The class valedictorian.
(c) A football player.
(d) A member of the chess team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual feature does Brockhurst Detwiler have that he and Molly exploit for money?

2. What secret does Leroy admit to Molly in Part 2: Chapter 6?

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

4. How does Leroy respond to the news of Molly's birth circumstances?

5. What advice does Carl give Molly about her plans for her college studies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leroy threaten to tell everyone what Molly and Leota Bisland have been doing in the woods?

2. Why does Molly refuse to be Chrys' kept woman?

3. Why do the principal and dean of women offer Molly and Connie Pen special privileges?

4. Why does Molly decide to go to Paul Digita's class?

5. What indication is there that Polina pursues a relationship with Molly only out of curiosity?

6. In Part 2: Chapter 6, what is Leroy upset about when he and Molly discuss whether or not Molly might be gay?

7. What is Miss Marne's purpose in sending Molly to see a psychiatrist to deal with her homosexuality?

8. When Molly returns home to ask Carrie to help her with her senior film, what does she tell Carrie is the reason she didn't keep in contact over the years?

9. Why does Molly react strongly to Ep's use of the word "bastard" in describing the man he fought with in Part 1: Chapter 3?

10. At the end of the novel, why is Molly bitter about the way her life has turned out?

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