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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 are the only times that Molly thought men were allowed to touch prior to seeing Ep and her father on the night of Jennifer's burial?
(a) While playing sports.
(b) While dancing.
(c) While shaking hands and fighting.
(d) While attending church services.

2. In Part 1: Chapter 1, where does Molly live?
(a) New York City.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Coffee Hollow, Pennsylvania.
(d) Madison, Wisconsin.

3. At the end of Part 2: Chapter 9, how is Molly feeling?
(a) She's in love with her boyfriend.
(b) She's generally contented.
(c) She's excited for college.
(d) She feels isolated.

4. How does Molly feel after giving Earl Stambach the box?
(a) She feels bad about what she did.
(b) She feels triumphant.
(c) She is sad.
(d) She's very happy.

5. What does Leroy ask Molly to do to prove he's not gay?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Find him a girlfriend.
(c) Have sex with him.
(d) Tell all their friends he's not gay.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Molly and Carolyn Simpson go to a children's park to get drunk, what peculiar thing does Carolyn do?

2. How does Molly describe Leota Bisland?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 2, what is Earl Stambach doing when Molly and Leroy find him and give him the raisin box?

4. Who is Craig?

5. What does Ep call the man he fought with when he recounts the tale for his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leota tell Molly that she never thinks about their homosexual experience?

2. What difference does Molly see in the way black people are treated in the south?

3. Why is Cheryl Spiegelglass angry when Molly is cast as the Virgin Mary in the school play?

4. What are the consequences of Molly's being caught in her money-making venture with Broccoli?

5. In Part 3: Chapter 12, what evidence is there that Molly has decided to embrace her homosexuality and sees it as an important part of her life?

6. What is Carl's reaction when Molly informs him that she will never marry?

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

8. Do you think the punishment Molly receives from Carrie for fighting with Cheryl Spiegelglass is a fair one? Why or why not?

9. Why is it so important to Carrie that Molly play with girls like Cheryl Spiegelglass?

10. What were the circumstances under which Calvin got a woman pregnant and then came to New York?

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