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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. Dr. Cohen tells Joey that Lulu has a flair for _________________.
(a) The technical.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Culinary arts.
(d) Sports.

2. What could account for Lulu and Merry's mother's immature behavior?
(a) She was a teenager when she got pregnant and married.
(b) She was beautiful and catered to.
(c) She never had any responsibilities.
(d) She was always spoiled at home.

3. What is Joey's sentence for the murder of his wife?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15-20 years.
(c) A life sentence.
(d) The death penalty.

4. What do Merry and her grandmother buy on each outing in #35?
(a) Candy.
(b) Milk shakes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Magazines.

5. How does Merry feel about her father's apology?
(a) He doesn't apologize.
(b) It is sincere.
(c) It is half-hearted.
(d) It is hollow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Mrs. Cohen take Lulu and Merry?

3. What does Merry work up the courage to ask her father one day?

4. What is Lulu and Merry's religion?

5. What does the bully take from Merry and her friends?

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

3. 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?

4. What are some of the things that happen to Merry at the hands of bullies at the orphanage?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Merry feel obligated to visit her father in prison?

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