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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Bee talk about to Doug on the car ride home after the picnic?
(a) Agatha.
(b) Danny.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Thomas.

2. Why doesn't Thomas eat any cake at Claudia's birthday party?
(a) He ate too much candy.
(b) He's allergic to chocolate.
(c) Because it is a Church rule.
(d) He likes ice cream better.

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

4. How many children does Lucy have before she marries Danny?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

5. What does Claudia bake for her father's 59th birthday?
(a) A raspberry pie.
(b) A coconut cake that looks like a bathmat.
(c) A double chocolate cake.
(d) Brownies.

6. In what month do Lucy and Danny marry?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) April.
(d) March.

7. Whom is Doug trying to locate to take care of Lucy's children?
(a) Mr. Bellings.
(b) Her ex-husband.
(c) Mr. Rumford.
(d) Her parents.

8. How does Danny describe Lucy when he brings her home for the first time?
(a) A former girlfriend the family never knew about.
(b) A friend he just met.
(c) Someone he met in college.
(d) The woman who changed his life.

9. Who is taking pills and sleeping all the time after Danny dies?
(a) Ian.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Bee Bedloe.
(d) Lucy.

10. What fairy tale characters does Agatha compare herself and her brother with, after her mother sips a coke and takes pills at her bedside?
(a) Cinderella and Prince Charming.
(b) Hansel and Gretel.
(c) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
(d) Beauty and the Beast.

11. What does Agatha bring for sharing hour at camp that comes from her mother's jewelry box?
(a) Earrings.
(b) A photo.
(c) A mustard seed.
(d) A strand of pearls.

12. Who tells Bee that she took a long walk with the children and tired herself out?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Cicely.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Agatha.

13. What did Reverend Emmett start when he dropped out of an Episcopal Seminary?
(a) The Church of the Second Chance.
(b) Educational course for children.
(c) Class for lapsed catholics.
(d) Presbyterian Day Camp.

14. Why does Agatha say she can't pick up the baby, Daphne, and give her a bottle when Daphne wakes up crying?
(a) Because Thomas dropped Daphne the week before.
(b) She doesn't feel comfortable.
(c) She can't get her out of the crib.
(d) She is too small to hold a baby.

15. Whom does Ian invite to the Church of the Second Chance's picnic?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Jeanine.
(c) Cicely.
(d) Bee and Doug.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter Two, what does Lucy steal from the drug store after visiting the typewriter store?

2. Where did Agatha and Thomas live with their biological father?

3. When Ian arrives home from college for Lucy's funeral, what does Bee do the first night he is home?

4. What does Mrs. Myrdal say she caught Lucy shoplifting during one of their excursions together?

5. After the picnic, what does Bee admit to herself, and to Doug, about Lucy's children?

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