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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is Lark's favorite jelly bean?

2. What is painted on the ends of Lark's crib?

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

4. What does Lark look for in her purse?

5. What does Mama say might happen to ruin her business?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the effect of Aunt Betty's affair on Grandma, and what does Mama say about Grandma's reaction?

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

8. How does Mama spend the money she wins at the theater?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe where Lark and her family live. How does that compare with where Kathleen lives? With where Beverly lives? With where Sally lives? With where her Aunt Betty lives prior to the birth of her baby?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of trains in Lark's life? How does that compare to the role of people? Why are trains so important to her?

Essay Topic 3

Lark is afraid that Marjorie Ann is in limbo, Hilly went to hell, and she is bound for hell for her myriad of sins. Explain why Lark believes these things and what impact these beliefs have on Lark, her family, and the storyline.

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