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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 Ian arrives home from college for Lucy's funeral, what does Bee do the first night he is home?
(a) Gives him Daphne and goes to bed.
(b) Helps him take care of Daphne.
(c) Takes Agatha for a haircut.
(d) Makes a cake.

2. What fairy tale characters does Agatha compare herself and her brother with, after her mother sips a coke and takes pills at her bedside?
(a) Cinderella and Prince Charming.
(b) Beauty and the Beast.
(c) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
(d) Hansel and Gretel.

3. What does Ian envy about the man he meets on his job who is installing cabinets?
(a) He doesn't talk.
(b) He is deaf, and seems serene in his silent world.
(c) He makes a lot of money.
(d) He has a degree from a business school.

4. When Lucy calls Mr. Rumford one evening, who answers the phone?
(a) Mr. Rumford's niece.
(b) Mrs. Rumford.
(c) Mr. Rumford.
(d) The maid.

5. What is Waverly Street?
(a) The street next to the Bedloe's street.
(b) The street where Lucy and Danny live.
(c) The street where the post office is located.
(d) The street where the Bedloes live.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Danny and Lucy first meet?

2. What does Bee think her family has turned into now that Danny is gone?

3. What does Mrs. Myrdal say she caught Lucy shoplifting during one of their excursions together?

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

5. Who wears plaid shirts, ripped jeans, and high tops held together with electrical tape to school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "difficult ages" mean to Bee and why do they have their own table at family celebrations?

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

4. What does Doug Bedloe do to find Agatha and Thomas' father?

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

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

7. Describe Ian Bedloe when he was still in high school.

8. Why are all the kids at Camp Second Chance terrified of Sister Audrey?

9. What happens when Lucy calls Mr. Rumford's house?

10. Why is Doug Bedloe bored with retirement?

(see the answer keys)

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