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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jo Lynne do before leaving David for good?
(a) Begins to cry.
(b) Laughs at him.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Agrees to stay in touch.

2. After digging his mother's grave, what does David instinctively know?
(a) That he did the right thing.
(b) That he is at peace.
(c) That he is in trouble.
(d) That someone is in the house.

3. Where do David and Jo Lynne end up going after the movie in "Chapter 7"?
(a) To a closed carnival.
(b) To the factory grounds.
(c) Where new houses are being built.
(d) To the river.

4. In "Chapter 10," when does David consider going to Nashville?
(a) Never.
(b) When the train stops.
(c) Once he has a job.
(d) When he runs out of money.

5. In "Chapter 8," when does Aunt Mae promise to send train tickets to David?
(a) When he agrees to go to college.
(b) As soon as she gets to Nashville.
(c) When she has money.
(d) In three months.

6. After the war, why are some men outcasts in David's town?
(a) For being poor.
(b) For being violent.
(c) For losing the war.
(d) For having foreign wives.

7. When David can't find his mother in "Chapter 9," where is the first place he goes?
(a) Upstairs.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) Downstairs.
(d) In the backyard.

8. In "Chapter 8," what does David's mother do when she sees David?
(a) She goes to sleep.
(b) She stares.
(c) She asks him for help.
(d) She cries.

9. What does David do at the local drugstore?
(a) Delivers medicine.
(b) Cleans after hours.
(c) Passes out flyers.
(d) Answers the phone.

10. What does Jo Lynne say when David invites her to a movie?
(a) She accepts immediately.
(b) She says she has to ask her mother first.
(c) She doesn't say anything.
(d) She says she has to think about it.

11. How does David feel at the end of "Chapter 6"?
(a) Helpless.
(b) Worried.
(c) Proud.
(d) Happy.

12. How does Jo Lynne treat David when she says goodbye before leaving town?
(a) She acts indifferent.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She acts kind.
(d) She acts harsh.

13. After David's graduation, what does he find his mother doing?
(a) Talking to herself in the kitchen.
(b) Sleeping in the living room.
(c) Crying in the bathroom.
(d) Rearranging her bedroom.

14. How does David feel about the shooting while on the train?
(a) He cares less about it.
(b) He cares more about it.
(c) He thinks of ways to forget about it.
(d) He laughs at himself.

15. How is David's father's grave marked?
(a) With a white cross.
(b) With a marble gravestone.
(c) With a wreath.
(d) With a wooden heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does David stay the night his mother dies?

2. What action does David take at the end of "Chapter 10"?

3. Who wants to take David's mother to an institution?

4. In "Chapter 9," what does David first feel under his feet while looking for his mother?

5. What does David say the women who come into the drugstore do?

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