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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does Mary shoot Harrold?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) Six.

2. What does Julia have to swear under oath that Mary told her were the cause of her bruises when she first arrived in St. Hilaire?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Falling down.
(c) Beatings.
(d) Skiing accident.

3. What does Harrold do when he comes into the Mary's bedroom cottage?
(a) Turns on the light.
(b) Yells and throws things.
(c) Shines a flashlight in her face.
(d) Sits and smokes in a chair in the dark.

4. What sound does Mary hear after she shoots Harrold?
(a) People shouting.
(b) Keening.
(c) Caroline crying.
(d) Roaring of ocean.

5. What nickname does Willis call Mary?
(a) Miss Mary.
(b) Red.
(c) Mary Baby.
(d) M.A.

6. What sound takes Julia by surprise when she is in her house and talking with Helen after Mary's first trial?
(a) Low-flying helicopter.
(b) Gun fire.
(c) Explosion.
(d) The sound of a baby crying.

7. What is the name of Jack's daughter?
(a) Emily.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Stephanie.

8. When does Julia clean and polish her floors?
(a) Early in the morning.
(b) Noontime.
(c) Mid-afternoon.
(d) Late at night.

9. When Mary is on Jack's boat, what does she find under a towel in a cabinet?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Gun.
(c) Money.
(d) Binoculars.

10. What is the name of the neighbor who owns the blue Cape house next door to the cottage Mary rents?
(a) LeBlanc.
(b) Rogers.
(c) Smith.
(d) St. John.

11. Who took care of Caroline while Mary is in prison?
(a) Julia.
(b) Jack.
(c) Mary's mother.
(d) The Shedds.

12. What does Harrold say he will do if Mary comes home with him when he is in her cottage kitchen?
(a) Let her go to work again.
(b) Let her mother live with them.
(c) Stop drinking.
(d) See a therapist.

13. What can Mary see the man wearing who is in the fog and sculling out to his boat when she awakens the first morning at the cottage?
(a) Yellow slicker.
(b) Red coat.
(c) White shirt.
(d) Green cap.

14. What year of college did Jack have to leave school to go home to help his father with the lobstering?
(a) Junior year.
(b) Freshman year.
(c) Sophomore year.
(d) Senior year.

15. What does Mary eat for breakfast the first morning she wakes up in the cottage?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Muffin.
(d) Toast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willis tell Helen about Judge Geary?

2. What does Harrold drink from a bottle while he is on the couch at Mary's cottage?

3. What is the weather like several days after the bonfire when Mary opens the bathroom window of the cottage?

4. What are some boys protesting at the bonfire?

5. What does Mary pick up from a chair and put on the first morning she awakens at the cottage?

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