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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) Not get married too soon.
(b) Come see him next weekend.
(c) Always take care of him.
(d) Get good grades.

2. 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.

3. How much time passes between the holiday and when Merry gets to visit her father in prison?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 18 months.

4. What is the name of the orphanage where Lulu and Merry live?
(a) Dalton.
(b) Dawson.
(c) Denby.
(d) Duffy.

5. What does Mrs. Cohen tell Lulu that Lulu has?
(a) Beautiful eyes.
(b) Possibility.
(c) Body odor.
(d) Shiny hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aunt Cilla refuse to keep Lulu and Merry?

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

3. Dr. Cohen tells Joey that Lulu has a flair for _________________.

4. Why can't Lulu and Merry stay with their paternal grandmother?

5. What could account for Lulu and Merry's mother's immature behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. What responsibility does Lulu feel toward Merry at the orphanage?

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

3. Who is Grandma Zelda?

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

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

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

7. How does Joey plead in the murder of his wife and what is his sentence?

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

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

10. What role has Lulu assumed early in her life?

(see the answer keys)

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