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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. Where does Aunt Betty live?
(a) Morgan Lake.
(b) Mount Pleasant.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Harvester.
2. What smell does Lark say is better than any other?
(a) Beer.
(b) Pumpkin pie.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Mama's perfume.
3. How much money does Uncle Stan say he lost gambling the night before?
(a) Twenty-five dollars borrowed from Willie.
(b) Nothing because he didn't have any money.
(c) Eight dollars he'd found in Aunt Betty's purse.
(d) Eighteen dollars he had left from his pay check.
4. What does Lark sing while she's washing Aunt Betty's dishes?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) Dixie.
(c) When the Saint Go Marching In.
(d) The Old Gray Mare.
5. Where is it decided that Stan will go to look for work?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Harvester.
Short Answer Questions
1. What game do Lark and her mother play while her mother is cooking supper?
2. Where does Mama plan to go after dinner?
3. Where does Lark believe Marjorie Ann went after her death?
4. Where does Mama say Uncle Stan is going when he leaves the house?
5. What does Mama say about her great-great-grandmother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the basic information included in the letter Lark finds from Earl Samson to Bill?
2. What does Lark believe will happen to the baby? Why does she believe this? What does she believe will be her role in the delivery?
3. What is Mama's plan for Aunt Betty and Uncle Stan and how does she start that plan rolling?
4. What decision does Lark face when she realizes she can't possibly reach the raft?
5. What is Lark's attitude about becoming an adult and why?
6. What is the response of the nun when Lark asks if playing poker is a sin, and why does she respond in that manner?
7. Describe the condition of Aunt Betty's house when Lark and Mama arrive.
8. What is Papa's first excuse for where he'd been all night? What does he eventually admit about it?
9. How does Mama manage the practical aspects of life in the depot, such as heating their rooms and washing dishes?
10. How is the laundry done while Mama and Lark are visiting Aunt Betty?
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