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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 do Arthur and Lucille eat all of, in Section 3?
(a) An entire watermelon.
(b) The desserts Lucille prepared for the dinner party.
(c) An entire box of Slim Jims.
(d) Lucille's birthday cake.

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

3. What does Lucille drink with dinner in Section 3?
(a) Gatorade.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Water.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lucille find the color to paint her room in Section 4?

2. What does Lucille make for dessert for Frank and Arthur in Section 3?

3. Where does Maddy run into Anderson in Section 4?

4. How does Lucille try to kill herself in Section 3?

5. Why was Arthur going to give Maddy Mr. and Mrs. Hamburger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Arthur say to Lucille to keep her calm in her driveway in Section 3?

2. How is Lucille treated by Frank's daughter in Section 3?

3. What does Maddy cry to Arthur about in Section 4?

4. What is the agreement that Arthur and Maddy come to in Section 3?

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

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

7. What is discussed between Steven and Arthur in Section 3?

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

9. How does Arthur indicate that he is ready for death in Section 4?

10. What happens when Maddy runs into Anderson in Section 4?

(see the answer keys)

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