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

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

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

4. What does Claudia bring her mother to help with her arthritis?
(a) Department store white gloves.
(b) Lotion for her hands.
(c) Exercise instructions for arthritics.
(d) A heating pad.

5. At Claudia's birthday party, who does Thomas suspect is not a true Christian?
(a) Cicely.
(b) Agatha.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Ian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas believe is the point of being Christian?

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

3. How does Danny describe Lucy when he brings her home for the first time?

4. How does Agatha wake up Lucy when she's been sleeping for a long time?

5. What story does Agatha tell Thomas when he complains that his mother didn't read to him before bed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Claudia try to help her mother?

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

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

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

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