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

2. What kind of lessons is Lark taking?
(a) Typing.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Tap dance.
(d) Piano.

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

4. What job does Aunt Betty get?
(a) Working as a secretary at a Skully's.
(b) Clerking at a Ben Franklin Five and Dime.
(c) Putting airplane parts together at a factory.
(d) Checking out groceries at a Piggly Wiggly.

5. What are Lark's responsibilities in return for her allowance?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Performing whatever chores her mother outlines on a daily note.
(c) Helping her father take tickets in the afternoons.
(d) Typing .

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama say she'll give Papa after he gives her the tickets to California?

2. What does Aunt Betty say she'd been doing during the day while Lark was at school?

3. When does Mama go to play bridge?

4. Where does Lark hide when it's time to go to confession?

5. How much is Lark's allowance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Beverly's relationship with Mama? Give an example of this relationship.

2. What does Lark say about Hilly's fate after his death and how does she say she knows this?

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

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

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

6. What is the argument Mama and Papa have over whether to buy a car or a house? What are the arguments of each?

7. How does Christmas change for the family after the plans emerge to go to California?

8. What does Mama say about the war's effect on her business?

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

10. What does Papa say to Lark when he comes into the bedroom to get a handkerchief and how does Lark respond?

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