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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 is Jack's father planning to make with the items that were delivered?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A wall for his garden.
(c) Garden paths.
(d) Taller plants.

2. What color swimsuit does the sunbather wear?
(a) Silver.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

3. Who says there should be a funeral for Mother?
(a) Tom.
(b) Sue.
(c) Julie.
(d) Jack.

4. Who begins to resist the family game?
(a) Julie.
(b) Tom.
(c) Sue.
(d) Jack.

5. What is distracting Jack from realizing his father's condition as the two work on a project together?
(a) Jack's headphones.
(b) Jack is reading instead of helping.
(c) A semen stain.
(d) Julie's bikini.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack do when the person he sees in the window calls to him?

2. Who gives up teeth brushing to rebel?

3. Who does Jack see in the window when he returns home from school in Chapter 2?

4. At what time do Julie and Jack finish making cement?

5. Who is sunbathing in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Julie and Jack do with sand and how long does it take?

2. When and why does the sexual game the three siblings play stop?

3. What does Jack notice about his mother when he sees her from a distance in Chapter 2?

4. What does Mother talk to Jack about one morning when she awakens him?

5. Where does the family celebrate Jack's birthday and why?

6. What happens to the garden after Father's first heart attack?

7. What do Jack's parents argue about in Chapter 1? What does his mother demand and what is his father's reaction?

8. Why, in Chapter 2, does Jack begin to avoid Mother?

9. What discussion does Mother have with Jack when she calls him to her bedside?

10. Discuss the dialog between Julie and Jack when Julie tells him that Mother has died.

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