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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. Whose car broke down the night Danny killed himself?
(a) Cicely's
(b) Doug's.
(c) Dot's.
(d) Ian's.

2. What does Bee think her family has turned into now that Danny is gone?
(a) Planners.
(b) Worriers.
(c) Religious zealots.
(d) Organizers.

3. After the picnic, what does Bee admit to herself, and to Doug, about Lucy's children?
(a) She is happy they are living with her.
(b) They are all someone else's.
(c) She blames Doug for their bad behavior.
(d) One is Danny's.

4. What does Daphne want to take to Day Camp as a toddler?
(a) Her pet bird.
(b) Her blanket.
(c) Her favorite doll.
(d) Her lawn mower pull toy.

5. Who misses Danny because he could really talk to him?
(a) Doug.
(b) Mr. Kit.
(c) P.J.
(d) Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Thomas and Agatha doing while their mother naps in the beginning of Chapter Two?

2. Where did Danny and Lucy first meet?

3. Who visits Agatha and Thomas with a picnic basket of fried chicken and chocolate cake while their mother naps?

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

5. What did Sister Audrey leave in a dumpster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lucy visit the typewriter shop?

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

4. Describe Waverly Street.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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