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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ian think Danny killed himself?
(a) He longed for Cicely.
(b) Ian told him Lucy was having an affair.
(c) He took too many drugs.
(d) He was tired of living.

2. Where did Agatha and Thomas live with their biological father?
(a) With his parents.
(b) In Boise, Idaho.
(c) In a silver trailer.
(d) In a small greenhouse.

3. When the toilet overflows in Chapter Two, who is the last person to have used it?
(a) Agatha.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Ian.
(d) Thomas.

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

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

6. When Claudia brings a casserole to the house in Chapter Five, what does she remark on?
(a) How much cleaning there is to do.
(b) How dirty the house is.
(c) How small the house seems.
(d) How clean the house is.

7. When Ian arrives home from college for Lucy's funeral, what does Bee do the first night he is home?
(a) Helps him take care of Daphne.
(b) Gives him Daphne and goes to bed.
(c) Makes a cake.
(d) Takes Agatha for a haircut.

8. In Chapter Two, who changes Daphne's diaper while she is still in the crib?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Bee.
(d) Agatha.

9. Who comes to baby-sit the children during Lucy's funeral?
(a) Abby.
(b) Mrs. Myrdal.
(c) Bee.
(d) Mrs. Thomas.

10. 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 is too small to hold a baby.
(c) She doesn't feel comfortable.
(d) She can't get her out of the crib.

11. Where did Danny and Lucy first meet?
(a) A dance.
(b) The post office.
(c) The cafe on main street.
(d) A friend's house.

12. When Lucy calls Mr. Rumford one evening, who answers the phone?
(a) Mrs. Rumford.
(b) Mr. Rumford.
(c) Mr. Rumford's niece.
(d) The maid.

13. How does Ian help Gracie with her apartment in Chapter Five?
(a) He repairs the stairs.
(b) He plugs up the rat holes.
(c) He fixes her garbage disposal.
(d) He paints the walls.

14. 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) Hansel and Gretel.
(b) Cinderella and Prince Charming.
(c) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
(d) Beauty and the Beast.

15. How does Agatha wake up Lucy when she's been sleeping for a long time?
(a) Loud music.
(b) A spoonful of instant coffee in a coke.
(c) Fresh air.
(d) Shouting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sister Audrey leave in a dumpster?

2. Who visits Agatha and Thomas with a picnic basket of fried chicken and chocolate cake while their mother naps?

3. Who wears plaid shirts, ripped jeans, and high tops held together with electrical tape to school?

4. What does Kenny Larson's doctor say the children need before they can go in the above ground pool?

5. What does Lucy die from?

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