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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. Where do Lulu and Merry live in Chapter 4?
(a) Their aunt's home.
(b) A foster home.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) Their grandmother's home.

2. What kind of car does Dr. Cohen drive?
(a) Buick LaSalle.
(b) Mercedes Benz.
(c) Chrysler New Yorker.
(d) BMW.

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason Joey gives for stabbing Merry?
(a) He is bipolar.
(b) He was filled with rage.
(c) He was high on drugs.
(d) He was consumed with alcohol.

4. What does Merry wear to visit her father in prison?
(a) Khakis and t-shirt.
(b) Jeans and sweater.
(c) Red jumpsuit.
(d) Blue jumper.

5. How old is Merry's father when she visits him in Chapter 12?
(a) 41.
(b) 49.
(c) 30.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Joey found when Lulu returns with help?

2. Who is Lulu and Merry's aunt who speaks particularly unkindly about Joey?

3. What is Mrs. Cohen's first name?

4. Who is the girl who threatens to harm Lulu with the weapon in #54?

5. Who is the person who tells Merry about what has happened to her parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Grandma Zelda?

2. What is Lulu's secret wish as she encounters her father at the cemetery?

3. What surprises Lulu about her own feelings toward her father at the cemetery?

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

5. How does Lulu describe her parents in the first chapters of the book?

6. How do family members treat Lulu and Merry because of their father?

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

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

9. What promise does Grandma Zelda force Lulu to make?

10. How do Joey and Celeste's passions eventually lead to murder?

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