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

2. What does Doug think about being retired?
(a) He can finally plant a garden.
(b) He has enough time to help with the children.
(c) He's so busy.
(d) He finds it boring.

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

4. How do the children at the Church Day Camp feel about Sister Audrey?
(a) Delighted.
(b) Despondent.
(c) Happy.
(d) Terrified.

5. In chapter Two, what does Lucy steal from the drug store after visiting the typewriter store?
(a) Protein bars.
(b) Chocolate bars.
(c) Life savers.
(d) Gummy bears.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which member of the Bedloe family does not always look on the bright side of things?

3. What does Lucy send to her ex-husband by airmail?

4. Whose suit is rucked up around his ankles from static cling, so that he looks like he's wading in the ocean?

5. Who stays at Claudia's birthday party for only a few minutes before leaving with some friends from college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grandma Bedloe find when she and Ian arrive with a basketful of food?

2. How do Ian's suspicions about Lucy's behavior influence Danny's death?

3. Why does Ian take a leave from absence from college to take care of Daphne, Thomas, and Agatha?

4. What is the setting for the Church's indoor picnic?

5. Explain Ian's reasons for sending the children to Second Chance Day Camp.

6. How does Ian show himself to be a hero at the Church of the Second Chance indoor picnic?

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

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

9. Why does Lucy visit the typewriter shop?

10. Explain how Agatha tries to care for her baby sister, Daphne.

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