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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 Mr. Belling comes to visit Lucy in the apartment over the pharmacy, what does he give Agatha and Thomas?
(a) Money for candy.
(b) Movie tickets.
(c) Videos.
(d) Baseball cards.

2. 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) One is Danny's.
(c) She blames Doug for their bad behavior.
(d) They are all someone else's.

3. How does Ian fix the marred dining table after the Church's picnic?
(a) Calls a refinisher.
(b) Uses polishing liquid.
(c) With soap.
(d) Puts a tablecloth over it.

4. In Chapter One, who wears a pink barrette to meet her son from school?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Abbie.
(c) Bee.
(d) Lucy.

5. What does Kenny Larson's doctor say the children need before they can go in the above ground pool?
(a) Eardrops.
(b) Swim lessons.
(c) Bathing caps.
(d) Sunscreen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ian's girlfriend since ninth grade?

2. At Claudia's birthday party, who worries that Cicely doesn't like Ian as much as she used to?

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

4. Whose car broke down the night Danny killed himself?

5. What is the name of the high school that Ian attends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Waverly Street.

2. How does Doug get involved with the foreigners on Waverly Street?

3. Why does Lucy visit the typewriter shop?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the events surrounding Lucy's death.

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

(see the answer keys)

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