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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. What is the sound that wakes Lark from sleep that night?
(a) Aunt Betty's screams.
(b) Uncle Stan's sobs.
(c) Mama's voice.
(d) A dog barking.

2. Where does Aunt Betty live?
(a) Morgan Lake.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Harvester.
(d) Mount Pleasant.

3. What does Papa say he plans to do after dinner?
(a) Go to bed.
(b) Play bridge.
(c) Work.
(d) Play poker.

4. What happens to the bread Mama tries to toast on the stove?
(a) It's toasted just right.
(b) It doesn't get warm.
(c) It barely gets warm.
(d) It burns.

5. What has Mama done with her hair in preparation for her evening away from home?
(a) Straightened it.
(b) Put on a hat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Put pin curls in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beverly wearing when she first sits down by Lark?

2. What is Papa going to find when it begins to rain?

3. What is Papa's job at the depot?

4. What night do Grandma and Grandpa Browning arrive at Aunt Betty's?

5. What is Lark's middle name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe what Lark observes and fells during the funeral.

2. What is the problem with Lark's hair on the day after the poker game? What does she fear will be the outcome of that problem?

3. How do Lark and Uncle Stan greet each other? What does Lark think about Uncle Stan?

4. What is the argument Mama and Papa have about their evening's activities and what does each want the other to do?

5. What is the basic information included in the letter Lark finds from Earl Samson to Bill?

6. Why does Lark say she likes spending time in taverns?

7. What is the reaction of the town when Hilly volunteers for the military? How does that change upon his return?

8. What is the response of the nun when Lark asks if playing poker is a sin, and why does she respond in that manner?

9. What are some of the job opportunities Mama sees but dismisses?

10. What makes Stella Wheeler cry during the picnic?

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