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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. Who do we learn is infatuated with Julie in Chapter 2?
(a) The neighbor.
(b) Father.
(c) Jack.
(d) Derek.

2. What does Jack do with the object he finds in the garden at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Smashes concrete.
(b) Buries it.
(c) Reads it.
(d) Hides it.

3. What do Sue, Julie and Jack do when the sheet won't cover Mother's head and feet?
(a) Get another one.
(b) Scream.
(c) Cry.
(d) Giggle.

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

5. Which character is so frightened that he/she urinates on him/herself?
(a) Tom.
(b) Sue.
(c) Julie.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sue's hobby?

2. Who tells Jack to clean up before eating cake?

3. Who suggests Jack find a job?

4. Who runs out of the room crying when the dead mother rolls out of bed?

5. Who knew that that Mother was dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When the children are in the garden discussing what to now that Mother has died, what specifically do they discuss?

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

4. What happens when Tom points out his bully to Jack?

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

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

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

8. After they go back inside the house, what plans for Mother's body do the three older siblings discuss?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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