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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. Whom does Mrs. Stillman say she plans to visit?
(a) A friend in Colorado.
(b) A friend of Hilly's in Blue Lake.
(c) Hilly at the cemetery.
(d) A cousin in California.

2. What does Lark get for her seventh birthday?
(a) Roller skates.
(b) Nail polish.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A swimming pool.

3. When does Mama go to play bridge?
(a) Every Friday.
(b) The second Saturday of every month.
(c) Whenever her friends call.
(d) Every second Friday.

4. Where does Lark and Mama go when Mama takes a week's vacation?
(a) Camping.
(b) To look for Uncle Stan.
(c) To Lark's grandparents' house.
(d) The ocean.

5. What is the prize Mama wins during the drawing at the theater?
(a) Free movie passes for a year.
(b) Two hundred, fifty dollars.
(c) A set of China.
(d) A complete outfit from a department store.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mama go out looking for Papa in the very early hours of Saturday morning?

3. What two words does Lark say have an ominous ring of finality?

4. Where does Lark sit during Mass?

5. What does Papa tell Lark she has to do before Mass?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Aunt Betty say about suicide and how does that compare to what Papa says?

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

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

5. What does Father Dalias say when Lark confesses that she's killed a baby?

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

7. Describe the opening conversation between Lark and Mama when Lark reaches her seat.

8. Why does Papa say that Lark has to fear God? What example does he give her in an attempt to prove it?

9. What is Lark's reaction after her confession and what does she wonder about the adults who have gone through this?

10. Describe the situation that arises when the hobo stops at Lark's house.

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