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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Danny kill himself?
(a) By getting hit by a car while walking home.
(b) By taking too many drugs.
(c) By crashing his car into a stone wall.
(d) By falling asleep while driving.

2. What does Daphne want to take to Day Camp as a toddler?
(a) Her pet bird.
(b) Her blanket.
(c) Her favorite doll.
(d) Her lawn mower pull toy.

3. What does Bee think her family has turned into now that Danny is gone?
(a) Religious zealots.
(b) Worriers.
(c) Organizers.
(d) Planners.

4. What does Claudia bring her mother to help with her arthritis?
(a) Lotion for her hands.
(b) Department store white gloves.
(c) A heating pad.
(d) Exercise instructions for arthritics.

5. What does Agatha tell Ian to do when he tries to stop Daphne from crying in Chapter Three?
(a) Take her for a ride in the stroller.
(b) Rock her.
(c) Walk her.
(d) Give her a warm bath.

6. Who is Gracie?
(a) A girl who picked up Agatha and Thomas from school while Bee was in the hospital.
(b) Cicely's friend
(c) Billy's friend.
(d) Bee's neighbor.

7. Who says, "It's the people who don't know the answers who are going to heaven, I tell you"?
(a) Doug Bedloe.
(b) Mac McClintock.
(c) Gracie.
(d) Mrs. Jordon.

8. At Claudia's birthday party, who does Thomas suspect is not a true Christian?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Ian.
(c) Cicely.
(d) Agatha.

9. Who decides to take a leave of absence from school until Daphne is in first grade?
(a) Mr. Bedloe.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Cicely.
(d) Ian.

10. Who is the only person who knows how guilty Ian feels about Danny's death?
(a) Cicely.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Agatha.

11. In the car ride home after the picnic, who says that Ian is a whole different person?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Doug.
(c) Bee.
(d) Ian.

12. In chapter Two, what does Lucy steal from the drug store after visiting the typewriter store?
(a) Chocolate bars.
(b) Gummy bears.
(c) Life savers.
(d) Protein bars.

13. What is Lucy wearing on her feet when she cleans up the water in the bathroom?
(a) Agatha's slippers.
(b) Her boots.
(c) Danny's shoes.
(d) Sneakers.

14. What does Kenny Larson's doctor say the children need before they can go in the above ground pool?
(a) Swim lessons.
(b) Eardrops.
(c) Sunscreen.
(d) Bathing caps.

15. Where is Ian sending Agatha, Thomas, and Daphne for Day Camp?
(a) Waverly Camp.
(b) Presbyterian Day Camp.
(c) The Church of the Second Chance.
(d) Saint Maybe Camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bee talk about to Doug on the car ride home after the picnic?

2. Who told Mrs. Jordan the name of Agatha and Thomas' father?

3. Whose suit is rucked up around his ankles from static cling, so that he looks like he's wading in the ocean?

4. Why does Agatha say she can't pick up the baby, Daphne, and give her a bottle when Daphne wakes up crying?

5. What fairy tale characters does Agatha compare herself and her brother with, after her mother sips a coke and takes pills at her bedside?

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