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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 does Maria say about Lark's belief regarding Marjorie?
(a) She baptized the baby.
(b) Not everything Lark has learned in church is true.
(c) Lark shouldn't think about it.
(d) Lark is correct.

2. What game do Lark and her mother play while her mother is cooking supper?
(a) Lady Caller.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Twenty Questions.
(d) I Spy.

3. What does Mama say she wants to occur by next year?
(a) A new car.
(b) New shoes for Lark.
(c) Carpenters to be working on a house for the family.
(d) A new baby.

4. Where does Mama plan to go after dinner?
(a) To play bridge.
(b) To the hairdresser's.
(c) To visit Hilly.
(d) To the cemetery.

5. What time does Mr. Easterly say he will deliver the groceries?
(a) When the delivery boy gets out of school at three.
(b) When he closes at five.
(c) When he closes at six.
(d) When his wife returns at four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mama say Uncle Stan is going when he leaves the house?

2. How long does Uncle Stan sit with Aunt Betty the first night he's home?

3. Where is it decided that Stan will go to look for work?

4. What color is the dress Lark is wearing to Communion Class?

5. How much money does Uncle Stan say he lost gambling the night before?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mama manage the practical aspects of life in the depot, such as heating their rooms and washing dishes?

2. What is Mama's plan for Aunt Betty and Uncle Stan and how does she start that plan rolling?

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

4. Describe what happens when Lark tells Mr. McPhee that Marjorie is in limbo.

5. Why does a committee want Mrs. Stillman dismissed from her teaching job?

6. What decision does Lark face when she realizes she can't possibly reach the raft?

7. What does Papa think about the possibility of Mama going to work, and why?

8. Describe the condition of Aunt Betty's house when Lark and Mama arrive.

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

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

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