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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 Julie afraid of after Mother's death?
(a) Authorities splitting up the family.
(b) Being in charge.
(c) Getting cancer.
(d) Flies.

2. How does the garden look to Jack at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Promising.
(b) Decayed.
(c) A little wilted.
(d) Spectacular.

3. What is Sue's hobby?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Praying.
(d) Reading.

4. What do Julie and Jack get as Sue waits in the kitchen with a crying Tom?
(a) Chocolate for Tom.
(b) Wheelbarrow and shovel.
(c) A new gown for Mother.
(d) Rocks and sand.

5. Who is the first to tell someone that Mother has died?
(a) Julie.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jack.
(d) Sue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not cry as they wait to tell the others about Mother's death?

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

3. What does Jack notice about the person he sees in the window when he returns home in Chapter 2?

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

5. Which character frightens another causing the sibling to urinate on him/herself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Julie covers Mother's body with a sheet?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Tom tired of being a boy?

10. What happens when it is Jack's turn in the game he plays with his sisters on the night their parents argue in Chapter 1?

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