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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. Where is Rose the morning after she receives the letter?
(a) She is at the grocery.
(b) She is gone.
(c) She is in bed.
(d) She is at church.

2. Where does Thomas spend the night?
(a) Rose's house.
(b) The farmhouse.
(c) A hotel.
(d) The girls' home.

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

4. What does Rose offer to do for Sissy?
(a) Buy her a prom dress.
(b) Give her a perm.
(c) Teach her to sew.
(d) Give her driving lessons.

5. Who finds June dead in her house?
(a) Sissy.
(b) Sister Evangeline.
(c) Rose.
(d) Mother Corinne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose tell Sissy happened to Sissy's real father?

2. Who takes care of Cecilia during the day?

3. What does Thomas tell Sissy?

4. How does Sissy compare to the girls in the home?

5. What is wrong with Son as he walks up onto the porch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the driving lessons provides some hope for a better relationship between Sissy and Rose?

2. What problem does Sissy have now that she is about the same age as the girls coming to St. Elizabeth's?

3. What information does Sissy learn about her life while driving with Rose?

4. What does Son keep the same at St. Elizabeth's even though with his inheritance, he now has the authority to change?

5. How does Son's injury make Sissy even more resentful of her mother's distant behavior?

6. What does Sissy think Son is trying to hide during the conversations with Thomas?

7. How does Son's girlfriend, Cecilia, die, and why does he feel such guilt about it?

8. Who is the sole beneficiary of June's estate?

9. What perspective does Sissy take on people leaving after Thomas is gone?

10. When did Sissy learn that she was not adopted?

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