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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 does Joey make Merry promise to do?
(a) Get good grades.
(b) Not get married too soon.
(c) Come see him next weekend.
(d) Always take care of him.

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

3. In which part of her body has Merry been stabbed?
(a) The chest.
(b) The back.
(c) The legs.
(d) The neck.

4. What does Lulu note about her mother's headstone?
(a) It is very beautiful.
(b) It is very small.
(c) Her married name is deleted.
(d) It has an angel on it.

5. Who is the guard who pats down Merry and Dr. Cohen at the prison?
(a) Officer Newton.
(b) Officer McNulty.
(c) Officer Nesmith.
(d) Officer Nabors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lulu and Merry live in Chapter 4?

2. What do Merry and her grandmother buy on each outing in #35?

3. Where does Lulu refuse to go with Merry and their grandmother?

4. What is the name of the orphanage where Lulu and Merry live?

5. A year later, what event do Lulu and Merry attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. In whose care is Lulu placed after her mother's death and how does she finally manage to visit Merry in the hospital?

2. How does Merry feel about being at the Cohens' house after she and Lulu have been there for a year?

3. In what ways do Lulu and Merry learn lessons of abandonment early in their lives?

4. Why is being foster children difficult for Lulu and Merry?

5. On Thanksgiving Day, how does Merry finally get her point across that she wants to see her father?

6. Who is Aunt Cilla and why does she refuse to take Lulu and Merry into her home?

7. What obligation does Merry feel toward her father?

8. Who tries to help Merry work through the emotions she has related to her father and his failed attempt to kill her on the day he killed her mother?

9. How does Lulu coyly work her way into Mrs. Cohen's sympathy?

10. In Chapter 1, how does Joey get into the house and what do Lulu and Merry do as their parents fight?

(see the answer keys)

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