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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Rose surprised when Shirley tells her that it will be several years before Sam is ready to care for a family?
(a) She does not like Sam.
(b) She is disappointed.
(c) She will wait for Sam.
(d) She is just good friends with Sam.

2. What does Mr. Maurrant look like as he emerges from the building?
(a) Shocked.
(b) Unsure of what has just happened.
(c) His clothes are ripped and he is covered with blood.
(d) Surprised to see everyone standing there.

3. Why is Shirley angered at Rose's comment?
(a) She thinks Rose is trying to embarrass her.
(b) She does not trust Rose.
(c) She does not believe Rose.
(d) She misinterprets it as Sam and Rose both feeling sorry for her.

4. What does Fred tell the crowd?
(a) Mrs. Maurrant and another woman are dead.
(b) The shots were a false alarm.
(c) A man has shot his wife and another man.
(d) Two men are dead in this apartment.

5. According to Shirley, what is made more difficult by the heat?
(a) The control of her classroom.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Getting up and going to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches Rose and Mr. Easter as they walk to the funeral?

2. What does Sam think about God?

3. Why does Mr. Maurrant stop telling Sam why he is not going to Stanford for work?

4. Why do James Henry, a city marshal, and his assistant, Fred Cullen, stop in front of the building?

5. What is Sam's reply when Rose asks what happened?

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