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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. What is the first name of Mr. Judd?
(a) Well.
(b) Thrive.
(c) Success.
(d) Prosper.

2. What is the name of Rita's husband?
(a) Trent.
(b) Tim.
(c) Thad.
(d) Tom.

3. Who tells the Club about Mr. Crook's body being found?
(a) Mrs. Judd.
(b) Ella.
(c) Opalina.
(d) Septima.

4. How does Queenie feel when she hears what Rita plans to do with her baby when she goes to work?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Surprised.

5. Who helps Queenie get signatures for the Celebrity Quilt?
(a) Ella.
(b) Rita.
(c) Zepha.
(d) Grover.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ella react when the body of her husband is found?

2. What does Ella tell Rita when she is interviewed?

3. How is Ada June described by the narrator?

4. Why does Rita say she is the best person to write the article about Ben's death?

5. Why should Velma not stay with her gentleman friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the last thing did Ben do to anger the women in the Persian Pickle Club?

2. Why does Queenie say she supports Forest Ann in her affair with Dr. Sipes?

3. How does Ella feel while helping Tyrone, and why?

4. What honor is Queenie given in the making of the Celebrity Quilt?

5. How does Velma cover up her secret at the end of the book?

6. What does Grover think happened to Queenie's rhubarb pie?

7. Why does Rita think Prosper Judd was paying the mortgage on the Crook farm?

8. Why are the Pickles called on to help Tyrone?

9. What embarrassing mistake is Agnes tormenting Rita about?

10. What is revealed in the last sentence of the book?

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