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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 does Lizzy Olive want to buy from Zepha?
(a) A wood carving.
(b) A quilt.
(c) A slave.
(d) A child.

2. How does Rita feel during her first meeting with the club?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Welcomed.
(c) Silly.
(d) Intimidated.

3. Who does the narrator describe as impulsive?
(a) Rita.
(b) Nettie.
(c) Ella.
(d) Forest Ann.

4. Where did Queenie get the rhubarb for the pie she makes when Rita comes to dinner?
(a) It is a secret.
(b) The market.
(c) A wild bush.
(d) Her garden.

5. What does Queenie long for, but can never have?
(a) An orchard.
(b) A baby.
(c) A new husband.
(d) A sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Queenie want to avoid for Ella when the investigation begin?

2. What message does Queenie say Mrs. Judd sends by asking her for something after the investigation?

3. How does Queenie go about getting signatures for the Celebrity Quilt?

4. What does Rita plan to do with her baby while she is working?

5. How long does Rita's baby live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Queenie think about while helping Rita cope with losing her baby?

2. Why does Forest Ann rush home from the meeting at the beginning of the book?

3. Why does Queenie not want to house the Massies when she first learns of them?

4. What is Rita's plan after her baby is born?

5. What is A Road to California, and what is special about it?

6. Why does Rita say she deserves to know who really killed Ben?

7. What directions does Mrs. Judd give when it Ben Crook's body is found?

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

9. How is Ben Crook's body found?

10. How does Queenie describe the members of the Club at the beginning of the book?

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