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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ian tell Claudia when they're in the kitchen lighting the candles on their father's birthday cake?
(a) That he has a new job.
(b) That he's in trouble with the police.
(c) That he wants to tell Danny that Daphne was not premature.
(d) That he's going to college.

2. 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.

3. After the picnic, what does Bee admit to herself, and to Doug, about Lucy's children?
(a) She blames Doug for their bad behavior.
(b) One is Danny's.
(c) They are all someone else's.
(d) She is happy they are living with her.

4. Whom does Doug notice on the roof, trying to pass a wire through a window?
(a) One of the foreigners.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Ian.
(d) The postman.

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

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

7. What did Sister Audrey leave in a dumpster?
(a) Her favorite sweater.
(b) A newborn baby.
(c) Yesterday's trash.
(d) Important papers.

8. Who visits Agatha and Thomas with a picnic basket of fried chicken and chocolate cake while their mother naps?
(a) Ian and Bee Bedloe.
(b) Mr. Rumford.
(c) Mr. Bellings.
(d) Claudia.

9. Whose car broke down the night Danny killed himself?
(a) Dot's.
(b) Doug's.
(c) Ian's.
(d) Cicely's

10. What does Doug Bedloe teach at the high school?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Social Studies.
(c) Algebra.
(d) English.

11. Where does Ian take his parents at Sumner College?
(a) To a football game.
(b) To a parent's reception.
(c) To a fancy dinner.
(d) To lunch.

12. When Mr. Belling stops visiting Lucy, where does Lucy find a job?
(a) Post office.
(b) Fill 'Er Up Cafe.
(c) Pharmacy.
(d) Restaurant.

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

14. How does Ian fix the marred dining table after the Church's picnic?
(a) With soap.
(b) Calls a refinisher.
(c) Uses polishing liquid.
(d) Puts a tablecloth over it.

15. Why does Lucy have no one to help her with her children?
(a) She wants to do it herself.
(b) Her standards are too high.
(c) Her friends are busy.
(d) She has no relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ian help Gracie with her apartment in Chapter Five?

2. Who misses Danny because he could really talk to him?

3. What did Reverend Emmett start when he dropped out of an Episcopal Seminary?

4. Who is Ian's girlfriend since ninth grade?

5. Who is born on Ian's birthday, January 2?

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