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

2. Where is Merry's father incarcerated?
(a) Richmond Prison.
(b) Riker's Island Prison.
(c) Belmont Prison.
(d) Marshall Prison.

3. What does Lulu begin to wonder after spending time with the person in #50?
(a) If they will always stay in contact.
(b) Why she acts so spoiled all the time.
(c) Why she has privileges Lulu does not have.
(d) What it would be like to be adopted by her family.

4. How many times a week is Lulu allowed to visit Merry in the hospital?
(a) She sees her twice a week.
(b) She sees her on the weekends.
(c) She sees her every day.
(d) She is not allowed to visit her.

5. What gift had Mrs. Cohen given Lulu for Chanukah?
(a) A navy coat.
(b) Pearl earrings.
(c) A blue poncho.
(d) A red sweater.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Lulu hide as her parents fight?

3. What does Joey make Merry promise to do?

4. With which family are Lulu and Merry going to live with as foster children?

5. What question does Merry ask Lulu regarding their new foster parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What obligation does Merry feel toward her father?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What pressures does Merry feel while living with the Cohens?

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

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

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