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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cold, white sauce that Reverend Emmett asks Ian to bring to dinner?
(a) Ranch dressing.
(b) Onion dip.
(c) Alfredo sauce.
(d) Clam dip.

2. What is the relationship between Bobbeen and Rita?
(a) Friends.
(b) Co-workers.
(c) Aunt and niece.
(d) Mother and daughter.

3. Who brought home a saltcellar shaped like a robot?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Doug.
(d) Ian.

4. Who works for a software company, creating educational computer games?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Ian.
(d) Macy.

5. What is Agatha studying in college?
(a) Medicine.
(b) French.
(c) Science.
(d) English.

6. In Chapter Ten, how long have Rita and Ian been married?
(a) Four months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

7. Where is Cicely living now that Ian is involved in the Church of the Second Chance?
(a) California.
(b) Boston.
(c) Miami.
(d) Chicago.

8. Who is fifteen and does not want to attend church anymore?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Agatha.
(c) Frances.
(d) Daphne.

9. How did Sister Jessie celebrate joining the Church of the Second Chance?
(a) Drinking a split of champagne.
(b) Baking a cake.
(c) Having a party.
(d) Saying extra prayers.

10. What grade does Miss Pennington teach?
(a) Kindergarten.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Fourth.

11. Who urges Daphne to move out of the Bedloe home and find a place of her own?
(a) Ian.
(b) Doug.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Agatha.

12. What does Ian sing every December?
(a) "Silent Night."
(b) "Dust off the fruitcake, it's Christmas again."
(c) "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas."
(d) "Jingle Bells."

13. Who declines Ian's invitation to walk her home after the dinner party?
(a) Mrs. Kitt.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Sister Harriet.
(d) Miss Pennington.

14. What does Reverend Emmett tell Ian when he calls him to announce that Rita has given birth?
(a) To start eating healthier foods.
(b) To pray every day.
(c) That he'll be a good father.
(d) To make sure he calls his mother.

15. Who dies in Chapter Nine?
(a) Bee.
(b) Doug.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Rita.

Short Answer Questions

1. On a vacation, how do the children react to Ian's swimming out beyond the breakers until he is just a dot?

2. Who is Rita?

3. What kind of baby cradle does Ian make?

4. What kind of baby gift do the foreigners give Ian and Rita?

5. What does Rita serve for dinner on Christmas Eve?

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