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

2. What does the bully take from Merry and her friends?
(a) Candy.
(b) Scissors.
(c) Paper.
(d) Crayons.

3. Who surprisingly attends Grandma Zelda's burial service?
(a) Aunt Cilla.
(b) Uncle Ed.
(c) Mrs. Cohen.
(d) Joey.

4. Who is the girl who threatens to harm Lulu with the weapon in #54?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Cameron.
(c) Kelli.
(d) Denise.

5. Why does Aunt Cilla refuse to keep Lulu and Merry?
(a) She does not have enough room for them.
(b) She can't afford to take them in.
(c) She is not mentally well.
(d) She does not want Joey's children in her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cohen tell Lulu that Lulu has?

2. Which singer's music always reminded Lulu of her father?

3. The author gives the impression that Lulu was more interested in _______________ than her own children.

4. How does Lulu's father get into the house?

5. How does Merry feel about her father's apology?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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