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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 has the family forgotten to do for the last two weeks?
(a) Watch the Tonight Show tape.
(b) Check the mail.
(c) Go to the grocery.
(d) Have the car serviced.

2. Why are Kitty's sons interested in Sabine?
(a) She has a big home in Los Angeles.
(b) She grew up in Hawaii.
(c) She can do magic tricks.
(d) She is related to them by marriage.

3. Dot tells Sabine that no matter where you go, __________________________.
(a) there are people with problems.
(b) you can't escape your past.
(c) there is someone to love you.
(d) there are people who will help you.

4. Why does Sabine decide to stay in Alliance a little while longer?
(a) To attend Bertie's wedding.
(b) To try to get a job.
(c) To do more research on Parsifal.
(d) To help Dot remodel the house.

5. What does Sabine tell the Fetter family after they watch the video?
(a) She is ready to go home.
(b) She is not really Parsifal's wife.
(c) She wants to stay forever.
(d) She is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dot take Sabine after Bertie receives medical treatment?

2. Dot feels that she sent the message that she cared more for _______________________ than Parsifal.

3. What does Sabine think of her father?

4. What is Howard's last name?

5. What does Sabine spend the day doing in Parsifal's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sabine's views of the world differ from Dot's perspective?

2. What news does Sabine tell the Fetters family that upsets them?

3. Why does Dot take Sabine to the top of a knoll?

4. What makes Sabine wonder if the people she loved put on brave faces for her?

5. What does Sabine make of the kiss from Kitty?

6. How does the kiss from Kitty give Sabine some satisfaction over Howard and his threatening behavior?

7. Why does Dot think that her expectation that Guy would come home cause her to lose him forever?

8. What does Sabine wonder about the residents of Alliance as they drive Bertie to the emergency room?

9. How are Sabine's memories of the Tonight Show performance different from how the Fetters family views it?

10. Who is Howard Plate and what can be assumed by his behavior?

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