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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 dessert does Papa insist he wants for supper on the evening after Hilly's funeral?
(a) Raisin pie.
(b) Chocolate ice cream.
(c) Nut bread.
(d) Chocolate cake.

2. What is Hilly wearing in Lark's dream?
(a) Torn blue jeans.
(b) His swimming trunks.
(c) His new robe.
(d) His army uniform.

3. What is Papa eating as Lark prepares to go outside, carrying her sin notebook with her?
(a) A bologna sandwich.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Apple crumb cake.
(d) Blueberry pie and ice cream.

4. How long does Papa say Aunt Betty can stay with them?
(a) As long as she wants.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) She can't stay at all.

5. How does Lark get a letter to Hilly?
(a) She mails it.
(b) She drops it off herself.
(c) She sends it with her mother.
(d) She leaves it on the doorstep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lark tell Mama she's going?

2. What job does Aunt Betty get?

3. What do Mama, Aunt Betty, and Lark do the afternoon after attending Mass?

4. Which kind of jelly bean does Lark eat first?

5. What act does Lark perform with Father Delias after the Communion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the relationships between Beverly, Sally and Lark changed over the summer break?

2. Why do Mama and Aunt Betty leave the depot in the middle of the night? What is Lark instructed to do?

3. What is Papa's last-ditch effort to try to get Mama to remain? What are the reactions of Mama and Lark?

4. Briefly describe the visit Lark makes to Hilly and his reaction to her gift.

5. What does Lark hear Mrs. Wheeler reveal to Mrs. Stillman?

6. What does Mrs. Stillman say about Hilly's death?

7. Where does Lark think Mama and Aunt Betty are going, and what is later discovered about their real intentions?

8. What are some of the ideas Mama, Aunt Betty, and Lark share about the new house while they're putting up the Christmas tree?

9. Whom does Lark tell about the plans to begin building on a house and what does she say about it?

10. What does Lark think and do in the restroom of the train?

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