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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ian's girlfriend since ninth grade?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Brittany.
(c) Cicely.
(d) Lucy.

2. 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) They are all someone else's.
(c) She is happy they are living with her.
(d) One is Danny's.

3. What does Lucy send to her ex-husband by airmail?
(a) Photo album.
(b) Tennis racket.
(c) Bowling ball.
(d) Basketball.

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

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

6. Who tells Thomas that he cannot look in his mother's jewelry box because he can't keep secrets?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Ian.
(c) Bee.
(d) Agatha.

7. Who is watching her relative's large horse farm where the Church has an indoor picnic?
(a) Sister Priscilla.
(b) Cicely.
(c) Mrs. Jordan.
(d) Bee.

8. In Chapter One, who wears a pink barrette to meet her son from school?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Bee.
(c) Abbie.
(d) Lucy.

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

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

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

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

13. What happens to the foreigners' car after they install a garage door opener?
(a) The car has to be left in the driveway.
(b) The car is protected from the weather.
(c) The car is in a wreck.
(d) The door falls down onto the car when it's halfway in the garage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ian tell Claudia when they're in the kitchen lighting the candles on their father's birthday cake?

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

3. When Claudia brings a casserole to the house in Chapter Five, what does she remark on?

4. Where does Ian work the summer after Danny's death?

5. Why doesn't Thomas eat any cake at Claudia's birthday party?

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