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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room does Lucille move into?
(a) Arthur's bedroom.
(b) The foyer.
(c) The basement.
(d) Nola's sewing room.

2. What does Arthur whittle for the baby in Section 4?
(a) A cat.
(b) A tree.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A bird.

3. What does Arthur realize about himself since Maddy has come to live with him in Section 4?
(a) How lonely he was before her.
(b) How much he enjoyed his solitude.
(c) How much he misses his own daughter.
(d) That he is in love with Lucille.

4. What magazine does Lucille take to the hospital in Section 3?
(a) Good House Keeping.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Vogue.
(d) AARP.

5. What does Maddy show Lucille in Section 4?
(a) Her mother's dollhouse furniture.
(b) Her photography books.
(c) Her poetry books.
(d) Pictures of her father.

6. What big news does Maddy tell Arthur in Section 3?
(a) She is homeless.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She has been abused by her father.
(d) She did not graduate high school.

7. What does Maddy have hidden away in her closet in Section 4?
(a) Memories of her father.
(b) An art project she'd been working on for Arthur.
(c) Baby books from the Goodwill.
(d) Anderson.

8. What pie does Lucille make in Section 4?
(a) Chocolate mousse.
(b) Pistachio dream.
(c) Cherry crumb topped.
(d) Icecream cake.

9. How does Lucille try to kill herself in Section 3?
(a) She bakes pills into a cake and eats the cake.
(b) Drown herself.
(c) Hang herself.
(d) Shoot herself.

10. What does Lucille say is "so embarrassing" (127) in Section 3?
(a) Getting fat.
(b) Being useless.
(c) Farting in public.
(d) Being pregnant out of wedlock.

11. What did Maddy tell her father when she was 4?
(a) "I wish I was never born" (157).
(b) "I want to die" (157).
(c) "I wish you were dead instead of mom." (157).
(d) "I hate you" (157).

12. What changes does Maddy ask Arthur to do to her room in Section 4?
(a) Put up wallpaper.
(b) Put a lock on the door.
(c) Screen in the windows.
(d) Get her a new bedspread.

13. What does Lucille plan for dinner for Frank and Arthur in Section 3?
(a) Pot roast.
(b) Lasagna.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Steak.

14. Who is Sandy?
(a) Frank's wife.
(b) Lucille's sister.
(c) The receptionist at the hospital.
(d) Frank's daughter.

15. What month is it by the end of Section 4?
(a) May.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) March.

Short Answer Questions

1. What picture doe Arthur leave in Maddy's room?

2. What type of school does Maddy get into?

3. What does Maddy look up online, in Section 3?

4. What has Arthur wanted in his room since he was little?

5. What secret skill does Arthur have?

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