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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 old was Leonie when she got pregnant with Jojo?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

2. What constellation does Pop say that Jojo forgets to name?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Lion.
(c) Bull.
(d) Gemini.

3. How old was Leonie when Pop caught her smoking for the first time?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

4. What does Mam say she thinks she heard when she first heard Richie?
(a) Bird.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Rat.
(d) Cat.

5. What does Leonie put on her mother's altar?
(a) Rocks, vodka, cotton batting, and cotton shirt.
(b) Rocks, cornmeal, cotton balls, and rum.
(c) Rocks, corn cobs, cotton fabric, and rum.
(d) Rocks, whiskey, dress, and corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Michael after Leonie talks to her mom after the trip to the prison?

2. When Jojo feels an unsettling at night, what time is he finally able to fall asleep?

3. What is the name of the black shaggy neighborhood mutt that barks at Richie?

4. Where is Leonie after her mother dies and Michael returns?

5. What does Michael fix for breakfast the first morning he is back?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Michael spank Kayla during breakfast the first morning after they return from Parchman?

2. Why is Richie traveling with Jojo and the others?

3. What is the tree like where Jojo finds Richie after Mam's death?

4. Why is Pop taking apart a pen in Chapter 13?

5. What does Leonie do as Mam is dying, and how does Jojo describe what happens?

6. What is Pop doing when Jojo takes Richie to hear the end of Richie's story?

7. What does Jojo remember about peeing himself at school?

8. After Leonie got together with Michael, why did her mother tell her the relationship was not healthy?

9. As they drive, why is Leonie enjoying time with Michael while the kids are quiet?

10. What tattoos does Pop have?

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