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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 fear does Merry express to Lulu one day?
(a) She will be a killer like their father.
(b) She will not be beautiful like their mother.
(c) She will not survive the orphanage.
(d) Lulu will move away.

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

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

4. Who takes Merry to visit her father?
(a) Dr. Cohen.
(b) Uncle Irving.
(c) Mrs. Cohen.
(d) Aunt Cilla.

5. The author gives the impression that Lulu was more interested in _______________ than her own children.
(a) Making money.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Decorating.
(d) Her own beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Cohen suggest to Merry that might be a good Chanukah gift to give to her father?

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

3. What does Grandma Zelda force Lulu to promise?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Into whose home do Lulu and Merry move in as foster children and what directions does Lulu give Merry about how to behave and what to say?

2. 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?

3. What happens to Lulu's hopes for being adopted by the parents of a high school girl who volunteers to spend time with Lulu?

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

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

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

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

8. What surprise do Lulu and Merry encounter at Grandma Zelda's funeral?

9. Who takes Merry to see her father in prison?

10. `What tragedy occurs as a result of Joey and Celeste's fight?

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