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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. What does Mrs. Myrdal say she caught Lucy shoplifting during one of their excursions together?
(a) A red dress.
(b) A silk blouse.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Jeans.

2. Whom does Bee talk about to Doug on the car ride home after the picnic?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Agatha.
(d) Danny.

3. What are Thomas and Agatha doing while their mother naps in the beginning of Chapter Two?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Playing with playdough.
(c) Coloring.
(d) Building legos.

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

5. How does Ian help Gracie with her apartment in Chapter Five?
(a) He fixes her garbage disposal.
(b) He paints the walls.
(c) He plugs up the rat holes.
(d) He repairs the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Ian invite to the Church of the Second Chance's picnic?

2. In Chapter One, who wears a pink barrette to meet her son from school?

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

4. Why can't Bee take care of Lucy's children?

5. What does Claudia bake for her father's 59th birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Claudia try to help her mother?

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

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

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

7. What reasons does Bee give for why the Bedloe family is ordinary?

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

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

10. How is Ian absorbing the reality of Danny's death?

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