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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Rita have to go to the hospital when she and Ian are with Daphne and Curt at the bar?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) She's bleeding.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) She got sick from too much beer.

4. Where does Rita tell Ian that she thinks she's pregnant?
(a) While waiting for the doctor.
(b) At home.
(c) At church.
(d) At the hospital.

5. Who has the dream that a fat stranger will be hanging around Ian?
(a) Bee.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Agatha.
(d) Thomas.

6. Who is not the type to carry a grudge, even when Agatha, Thomas, and Daphne have misbehaved with company?
(a) Sister Harriet.
(b) Doug.
(c) Bee.
(d) Ian.

7. What does Ian find in Lucy's jewelry box?
(a) Expensive diamond earrings.
(b) A key.
(c) Music.
(d) Lucy's important papers.

8. What happens when Agatha tries to wash the sheets at Thanksgiving time?
(a) The washer is broken.
(b) The sheets get torn.
(c) The washer has too many suds.
(d) The colors get bleached.

9. Who is Mrs. Millet?
(a) Jeanine's cousin.
(b) An old high school friend.
(c) Danny's mother-in-law.
(d) Thomas and Agatha's grandmother.

10. When Agatha is going through Bee's belongings after her death, what does she want to send to Claudia?
(a) Quilt.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Pots and pans.
(d) Blouses.

11. Who does Daphne see at the bar after she's gone to the resume shop?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Ian.
(c) Rita.
(d) Agatha.

12. Who calls Ian "Saint Maybe"?
(a) Reverend Emmett.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Doug.
(d) Bee.

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

14. What grade did Sister Harriet teach?
(a) Seventh.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Ninth.

15. What does Rita serve for Christmas dinner while she's pregnant?
(a) Soup and salad.
(b) Hors d'oeuvres.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Leftovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Miss Pennington wear to the Parent/Teacher conference?

2. What is unusual about the weather in May of 1988?

3. Where has Daphne worked for a year, the longest job she's ever had?

4. At the end of the book, who tells Reverend Emmett that she's thinking of joining his church?

5. What does Ian tell Reverend Emmett before the prayer meeting at the end of Chapter Eight?

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