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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama have in her hand when she and Papa get into an argument?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A bottle of ketchup.
(c) A knife.
(d) A skillet.

2. What does Mrs. Stillman invite Lark to do?
(a) Have a long, hot bath.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Spend the night.
(d) Visit as often as she likes.

3. How much is Lark's allowance?
(a) A nickle a week.
(b) Fifteen cents a week.
(c) A quarter a week.
(d) A dollar a week.

4. Where does Lark sit during Mass?
(a) She doesn't go.
(b) Next to Papa.
(c) As far from Papa as possible.
(d) Near Mrs. Stillman.

5. What does Lark look for in her purse?
(a) A barrette.
(b) A comb.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A handkerchief.

6. What is the prize Mama wins during the drawing at the theater?
(a) A set of China.
(b) Two hundred, fifty dollars.
(c) A complete outfit from a department store.
(d) Free movie passes for a year.

7. Where does Mama say she plans to go?
(a) Blue Lake.
(b) Back to her mother's.
(c) California.
(d) Colorado.

8. What had Lark imagined living behind the jars in Grandma's cupboard?
(a) A fairy.
(b) A gnome.
(c) A rat.
(d) A dragon.

9. What does Lark watch while Mrs. Stillman is talking to her guest?
(a) A neighbor shoveling snow.
(b) Snow falling.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Television.

10. Whom does Mrs. Stillman say she plans to visit?
(a) Hilly at the cemetery.
(b) A friend of Hilly's in Blue Lake.
(c) A friend in Colorado.
(d) A cousin in California.

11. What is the gift Mama has for Mrs. Stillman?
(a) A book.
(b) A robe.
(c) A brooch.
(d) A hatpin.

12. According to Mrs. Stillman, who came to visit while Lark napped?
(a) Lark's Mama.
(b) Papa.
(c) Aunt Betty.
(d) Beverly's mother.

13. Where does Beverly live by this point in the story?
(a) At the depot.
(b) In a tarpaper shack .
(c) Above the cafe.
(d) Near the hobo jungle.

14. What does Aunt Betty ask for as soon as she wakes from her fever?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Chicken soup.
(c) Tea.
(d) Ice cream.

15. What does Mama leave for Papa and Lark when she goes to play bridge?
(a) Cake or pie.
(b) Hershey bars.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Popcorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mama go to play bridge?

2. What does Lark ask God to do before she goes to bed that night?

3. What is the gift Lark and Mama take Hilly and Mrs. Silliman?

4. What is Hilly wearing in Lark's dream?

5. What do Lark and her Mama do the night before Lark's first Communion?

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