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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What treat does Mrs. Cohen give Merry after she is upset on Thanksgiving?
(a) She gets a manicure and pedicure.
(b) She gets her ears pierced.
(c) She gets a new jacket.
(d) She gets her hair highlighted.

2. To what does the author compare Merry's eyes?
(a) Mud balls.
(b) Chocolate chips.
(c) Bon bons.
(d) Tootsie Pops.

3. Who is the person who tells Merry about what has happened to her parents?
(a) Aunt Cilla.
(b) Glen.
(c) Mimi Rubee.
(d) Lulu.

4. How much time has passed since Celeste's death?
(a) I8 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. Why does Merry accompany her grandmother on the outings in #35?
(a) She likes just being with her grandmother.
(b) She misses her mother.
(c) She feels it is her duty.
(d) She loves to shop.

6. Who is Lulu and Merry's aunt who speaks particularly unkindly about Joey?
(a) Aunt Celeste.
(b) Aunt Cheryl.
(c) Aunt Cilla.
(d) Aunt Celia.

7. What does Grandma Zelda have Merry do when she and Lulu arrive at her house?
(a) Wash dishes.
(b) Peel potatoes.
(c) Go to the store.
(d) Set the table.

8. What does Grandma Zelda force Lulu to promise?
(a) That she will look after her grave.
(b) That she will not get married too young.
(c) That she will get a college education.
(d) That Merry and her father will be taken care of.

9. What weapon does Lulu's mother say that her husband has?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) An ax.
(d) A tire iron.

10. How old is Lulu Zachariah at the beginning of the story?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 13

11. What is the cause of Lulu's mother's death?
(a) Multiple stab wounds.
(b) Gunshot wounds.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Asphyxiation.

12. What is Joey's sentence for the murder of his wife?
(a) A life sentence.
(b) 15-20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) The death penalty.

13. Where does Lulu work in Chapter 11?
(a) A diner.
(b) The A&P.
(c) A movie theater.
(d) Starbucks.

14. What is Mrs. Cohen's first name?
(a) Jane.
(b) Anne.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Lauren.

15. Lulu tells Mrs. Cohen that she is scared because _______________________.
(a) She is afraid that Merry will kill herself.
(b) She is afraid that she will be fatally attacked by the mean girls.
(c) No boy will ever want to date her.
(d) She won't be able to go to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Merry lie to her father about?

2. What does the bully do to Merry one night?

3. What weapon does one of the girls at the orphanage threaten to use on Lulu one night?

4. How old is Merry's father when she visits him in Chapter 12?

5. What are Lulu and Merry doing as the story begins?

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