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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Alton?
(a) One of the paramedics.
(b) The cemetery workers' union leader.
(c) The minister at the Lisbons' church.
(d) The funeral director.

2. What prompts Lux to write all over her binder and her underwear?
(a) Seeing a boy with his shirt off.
(b) Stroking a whale.
(c) Watching a movie with her favorite actor.
(d) Hearing a new song she loved.

3. Which of the following drawings is not found in Cecilia's diary?
(a) Eggs hatching.
(b) Whales spouting blood.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Angels.

4. How does Cecilia first attempt suicide?
(a) Jumping out of her window.
(b) Hanging herself.
(c) Taking sleeping pills.
(d) Slitting her wrists.

5. Which Lisbon girl is thought of as "the weird sister"?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Mary.
(c) Bonnie.
(d) Lux.

6. How does Cecilia succeed in killing herself?
(a) She takes sleeping pills.
(b) She impales herself on a fence.
(c) She slits her wrists.
(d) She hangs herself.

7. What is one of Cecilia's major subjects near the end of the diary?
(a) Her crush on Dominic Palazzano.
(b) Baseball.
(c) The dying elm trees.
(d) Her feelings of depression.

8. Whose late arrival gives life to the party?
(a) Jeff Maldrum.
(b) Joe.
(c) Dominic Palazzano.
(d) Sammy "the Shark" Baldino.

9. Which sister has her own bedroom?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Therese.

10. What major event has never happened in the town during the boys' lifetimes?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A flood.
(d) A parade.

11. What is Mrs. Lisbon serving at the party?
(a) Soda.
(b) Punch.
(c) Cheese and crackers.
(d) Pizza.

12. There is a rumor that which Lisbon girl has a crush on Dominic Palazzano?
(a) Therese.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Lux.
(d) Cecilia.

13. In what is Cecilia buried?
(a) A blue flowered dress.
(b) The wedding dress she always wore.
(c) A beige dress with a lace collar.
(d) Her nightgown.

14. Who finds Cecilia's body first?
(a) Mr. Lisbon.
(b) Paul Baldino.
(c) Mrs. Lisbon.
(d) Cecilia's sisters.

15. Who files past Cecilia's open casket?
(a) Cecilia's parents.
(b) The entire Lisbon family.
(c) All of the mourners.
(d) Cecilia's sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the scars Cecilia tried to hide?

2. What is Mr. Lisbon's profession?

3. There is one boy that the rest of the group of boys are afraid of. Who is he?

4. Where is Mr. Lisbon's razor found?

5. What is Mr. Lisbon's hobby?

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