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

2. Where do David and Jo Lynne originally plan on going after seeing the movie in "Chapter 7"?
(a) Jo Lynne's house.
(b) Another movie.
(c) David's house.
(d) An ice cream parlor.

3. Who wants to take David's mother to an institution?
(a) Aunt Mae.
(b) Clyde.
(c) The preacher.
(d) David.

4. Where does David stay the night his mother dies?
(a) In the bathroom.
(b) With his toy train.
(c) In bed with her.
(d) Outside on the porch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the preacher come to see David in "Chapter 9"?

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

3. While watching the movie with Jo Lynne in "Chapter 7," what does David say he has a hard time doing?

4. How long after Jo Lynne first comes in the store does it take before David talks to her?

5. What does Aunt Mae skip to help David with his date in "Chapter 7"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do David and Jo Lynne climb a hill in "Chapter 7"?

2. How does David decide where to go in "Chapter 10"?

3. What does David see outside his window in "Chapter 10"?

4. How does Aunt Mae help make David's graduation night special?

5. What makes David's father burial painful for his mother?

6. How does David leave town after his mother dies?

7. How do the townspeople feel about David's mother in "Chapter 7"?

8. How does David feel when Jo Lynne comes to say goodbye to him in "Chapter 8"?

9. How does Aunt Mae help David with his love life in "Chapter 7"?

10. How does David reflect on what happened in the hills before he left town?

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