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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. How many men show up at Jack's house with a delivery?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 12.

2. At what time do Julie and Jack finish making cement?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Noon.
(d) 5 a.m.

3. Where does Jack go after refusing to strip to be examined to play the sex game?
(a) His own bedroom.
(b) The garden.
(c) Kitchen.
(d) Bathroom.

4. Who suggests Jack find a job?
(a) Father.
(b) Julie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Mother.

5. Which character frightens another causing the sibling to urinate on him/herself?
(a) Jack.
(b) Sue.
(c) Tom.
(d) Julie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is mad to find that Mother has been sick for a while?

2. Why don't the children bury Mother in their garden?

3. What is Jack looking at in the garden in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. Who finds Mother dead?

5. What is Jack's father planning to make with the items that were delivered?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jack release tension in the garden at the beginning of Chapter 4? Why does he stop?

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

4. What birthday request does Jack make that gets denied by his mother?

5. Describe the social life of Jack's family.

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

7. What does the family do to celebrate Jack's birthday?

8. Why does the whole family attack Father verbally over a decision he made regarding Julie's extracurricular activities?

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

10. How do the siblings tell Tom that Mother has died?

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