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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the people in Habit view the Catholics?
(a) They hate them.
(b) They revere them.
(c) They mistrust them.
(d) They respect them.

2. Who attends June's funeral service?
(a) No one.
(b) Just the nuns.
(c) The entire town.
(d) Just the girls at the home.

3. How does Sissy compare to the girls in the home?
(a) She just turned 21.
(b) She is about 10.
(c) She is entering puberty.
(d) She is the age of many of the girls in the home.

4. How did Son's girlfriend, Cecilia, die?
(a) She drowned.
(b) She got leukemia.
(c) She was in a car accident.
(d) She was shot.

5. Son tells Sissy not to tell Thomas ______________.
(a) where her mother is.
(b) where the safe is.
(c) how old she is.
(d) where the legal papers are.

6. What is the car that Rose drove all the way from California?
(a) Chevy Vega.
(b) Chrysler Impala.
(c) Dodge Duster.
(d) Ford Mustang.

7. What do Son and Thomas drink after dinner?
(a) Beer.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Whiskey.

8. What does Son learn about June's estate?
(a) She has left all the land and buildings to Son.
(b) She was his mother.
(c) She died broke.
(d) She was a former nun.

9. How does Sissy feel about the relationship with her mother?
(a) Worshipped.
(b) Adored.
(c) Loved.
(d) Abandoned.

10. Why did Son feel so guilty about Cecilia's death?
(a) They had a fight just before she died.
(b) He should have saved her.
(c) He said he loved her but he didn't.
(d) She was too young to die.

11. What kind of parent is Rose?
(a) Distant.
(b) Doting.
(c) Very hands-on.
(d) Absent.

12. What is wrong with Son as he walks up onto the porch?
(a) He is bleeding from a head wound.
(b) He is unable to speak.
(c) He is limping badly.
(d) He is staggering.

13. What does Rose reply when Sissy asked her why she moved out of the farmhouse?
(a) It was too big to clean.
(b) There were too many creepy noises.
(c) She wanted to leave and that was the only way she could stay.
(d) It was much too drafty.

14. Why is Mother Corinne angry when Son, Rose and Sissy move into the farmhouse?
(a) She thought it would belong to the church.
(b) She hoped to open another home for unwed mothers there.
(c) She wants them to move away.
(d) She has never liked Rose.

15. Sissy comes home from school one day and sees a girl ________________ in front of St. Elizabeth's.
(a) eating an apple.
(b) crying.
(c) reading the sign.
(d) vomiting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who waits with the person in #122 until the funeral director arrives?

2. How many days after Cecilia's birth does Rose return to her kitchen job?

3. What does Sissy suspect that Son is trying to hide from Thomas?

4. Who arrives at St. Elizabeth's a week after Rose leaves?

5. How is Sissy different from the girls in the home?

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