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

2. Who are Joanie and Tom Guthrie?
(a) Maddy's grand parents.
(b) Good friends of Arthur and Nola's.
(c) Arthur's cousins.
(d) Arthur's parents.

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

4. Why does Maddy threaten to move out in Section 4?
(a) Lucille is moving in.
(b) She does not have any money.
(c) She wants to move in with Anderson.
(d) She is leaving early for college.

5. What did Arthur buy for Maddy's room in Section 3?
(a) A crib for the baby.
(b) A camera.
(c) A lamp.
(d) A desk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Maddy's room at Arthur's house?

2. Why does Frank call Lucille in Section 3?

3. What does Maddy have hidden away in her closet in Section 4?

4. What lie does Maddy tell Anderson in Section 4?

5. What is the first thing Lucille decides to make in her class, in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Maddy's new bedroom at Arthur's like?

2. How does Maddy feel when Arthur tells her, in Section 4, that he has asked Lucille to move in with them?

3. How do Lucille, Maddy, and Arthur react to the changing weather from summer to fall?

4. What does Arthur tell Maddy about the Guthries in Section 4?

5. What does Lucille admit to Arthur that she did the day after Frank died, in Section 3?

6. What does Maddy say about death, to Arthur, in Section 4?

7. What has Maddy been learning about in Section 4, that she shares with Arthur?

8. What happens when Lucille returns from the hospital in Section 3?

9. In Section 4, Lucille is exploring the idea of selling her house. What is her experience with her realtor?

10. In Section 3, how do Steve and Arthur express their grief over their wives differently?

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