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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 story does Agatha tell Thomas when he complains that his mother didn't read to him before bed?
(a) Snow White.
(b) The Little Engine That Could.
(c) Hansel and Gretel.
(d) Cinderella.

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

3. What does Lucy send to her ex-husband by airmail?
(a) Tennis racket.
(b) Photo album.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Bowling ball.

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

5. What does Claudia bake for her father's 59th birthday?
(a) A raspberry pie.
(b) A double chocolate cake.
(c) A coconut cake that looks like a bathmat.
(d) Brownies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agatha tell Ian to do when he tries to stop Daphne from crying in Chapter Three?

2. What does Kenny Larson's doctor say the children need before they can go in the above ground pool?

3. What happens to the foreigners' car after they install a garage door opener?

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

5. What does Ian envy about the man he meets on his job who is installing cabinets?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Waverly Street.

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

4. Why is Doug Bedloe bored with retirement?

5. Why does Lucy visit the typewriter shop?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Ian end up taking care of the children when he comes home for Lucy's funeral?

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