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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kenny Larson's doctor say the children need before they can go in the above ground pool?
(a) Bathing caps.
(b) Eardrops.
(c) Swim lessons.
(d) Sunscreen.

3. Who quit college to work for the post office?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Mrs. Jordan.
(c) Danny.
(d) Bee.

4. What does Lucy die from?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Starvation.
(c) A car crash.
(d) An overdose of pills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agatha tell Ian to do when he tries to stop Daphne from crying in Chapter Three?

2. Who is Mr. Rumford?

3. What does Agatha bring for sharing hour at camp that comes from her mother's jewelry box?

4. What does Doug Bedloe teach at the high school?

5. In Chapter Two, who changes Daphne's diaper while she is still in the crib?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Bedloe family react to Lucy when they first meet her?

2. Describe the way things have changed in the Bedloe household by the Christmas after Lucy death.

3. Why is Doug Bedloe bored with retirement?

4. Why does Thomas follow the rule of not eating sugar so that he will be considered a good Christian?

5. Why does Agatha hide Lucy's important papers in the jewelry box?

6. How did Danny and Lucy meet?

7. Explain how Reverend Emmett founded The Church of the Second Chance.

8. Why is Lucy taking pills and sleeping all the time?

9. How does Ian end up taking care of the children when he comes home for Lucy's funeral?

10. Do Agatha and Thomas like Ian? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

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