View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the furniture people do with Lizabeth's double bed?
(a) Take it away for disposal.
(b) Put it by the road for trash pickup.
(c) Put it in Jason's room.
(d) Toss it in the junk heap.

2. What do the boys put in the microwave at their dad's house?
(a) An uncovered bowl of spaghetti sauce.
(b) A metal container.
(c) A cat.
(d) A raw egg still in the shell.

3. What does Lizabeth say the people in her neighborhood do as an intellectual pursuit?
(a) Attend block parties.
(b) Write editorials.
(c) Grow grass.
(d) Go to the opera.

4. What did Matt's father do for a living?
(a) He was a coal miner.
(b) He was unemployed much of the time.
(c) He was a police officer.
(d) He was a judge.

5. What does Lizabeth call Matt when they return to the house after he runs out naked?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Thoughtless.
(c) Moronic.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

6. What does Matt say that hurts Lizabeth's feelings while he is eating potato salad?
(a) "You are uncomfortably close."
(b) "You don't have to freak out."
(c) "You don't know how to cook."
(d) "Being married to you leaves a lot to be desired."

7. What does Matt say he is going to do with the rest of the money he had set aside?
(a) Renovate the carriage house into an apartment for Elsie.
(b) Build a house.
(c) Put it in a college fund for Jason and Billy.
(d) Take them all on a trip to the Caribbean.

8. In Chapter 8, how does Lizabeth justify the decision she has made about her relationship with Matt?
(a) Their love is so intense that marriage is inevitable.
(b) Their relationship is merely a fling.
(c) She loves him, but she doesn't like him.
(d) There isn't enough of her to go around.

9. What happens when the intruder leaves in Chapter 7?
(a) A dog begins barking.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Lizabeth is relieved.
(d) The police tackle him.

10. Where did the intruder get the idea to hang out in Lizabeth's back yard?
(a) From a movie.
(b) From her ex-husband.
(c) From a romance novel.
(d) From his wife.

11. When did the inspection sticker on Lizabeth's car expire?
(a) Two years prior.
(b) One year prior.
(c) Three years prior.
(d) It hadn't.

12. What happens to the ham brought to the barbecue by a neighbor?
(a) The dog runs off with it.
(b) It is dropped on the ground, and the dog eats it.
(c) None of the above.
(d) The cat jumps on the table and begins eating it.

13. What is the name of the glass company that has come to Lizabeth's house?
(a) Martin's Glass.
(b) AAA Glass Company.
(c) Looking Glass.
(d) Blue Star Glass.

14. What does Matt do with his motorcycle?
(a) Gives it to his brother.
(b) Sells it.
(c) Trades it in.
(d) Stores it in the carriage house.

15. What hobby did Lizabeth have in college?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Reading.
(d) Collecting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Lizabeth recognize at the barbecue?

2. Why does Lizabeth panic the morning after Matt's streaking episode?

3. What story does Matt tell the boys while they are waiting for Ferguson?

4. Why does Lizabeth say Matt enjoys violence?

5. What does the dog do to Matt's shirt?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 593 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample