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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the boys get to the Lisbon house, who is waiting for them?
(a) Lux.
(b) Mary.
(c) Therese.
(d) Bonnie.

2. What kind of car does Trip drive?
(a) A Mustang.
(b) A VW Beetle.
(c) A Camaro.
(d) A Trans-Am.

3. What do Lux and Julie do instead of going to class?
(a) Meet boys behind the school.
(b) Read magazines.
(c) Go out for coffee.
(d) Smoke cigarettes.

4. In what condition is the Lisbons' basement?
(a) Filled with boxes, old toys, bicycles, etc.
(b) Completely redecorated.
(c) Immaculately clean.
(d) Exactly as it was the night of the party.

5. How does Trip Fontaine get home after the dance?
(a) He walks.
(b) He rides in Parkie's car with the others.
(c) He calls his father for a ride.
(d) He takes a cab with Lux.

6. What appears in the window of Cecilia's old bedroom?
(a) A revolving Chinese lantern.
(b) A stained-glass decoration.
(c) Easter decorations.
(d) A candle shrine.

7. What spring activity do the girls not attend as usual?
(a) Spring carnival.
(b) Home baseball games.
(c) Graduation.
(d) A May Day dance.

8. What do the Lisbons and Trip watch on TV?
(a) A Disney program.
(b) The news.
(c) Baseball.
(d) A concert.

9. What is Lux's real reason for going to the hospital?
(a) She has appendicitis.
(b) She wants to talk to a therapist.
(c) She twists her ankle.
(d) She suspects she's pregnant.

10. Who is Miss Lynn Kilsem?
(a) A new student.
(b) The school secretary.
(c) The Spanish teacher.
(d) The school social worker.

11. When the boys call the Lisbon girls the second time, what do they do?
(a) They hang up when Lux answers.
(b) They profess their love for the girls.
(c) They play a song over the phone.
(d) They read a poem.

12. What interesting contraption does Mr. Lisbon have in his classroom?
(a) A revolving solar system.
(b) A large fish tank.
(c) Elaborate circuitry boards.
(d) A Venus fly-trap.

13. Where does Trip finally make contact with Lux?
(a) In the parking lot.
(b) During math class.
(c) At lunchtime.
(d) At Assembly.

14. Where do the boys find Trip, years later, to interview him?
(a) Working a construction job.
(b) In Europe.
(c) In rehab.
(d) In a hospital.

15. How does Old Mrs. Karafilis travel up and down stairs?
(a) She walks on her own.
(b) Using a rope tied around her waist.
(c) She gets carried.
(d) She uses a walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonnie do outside the house each night?

2. Where do the neighbors suspect the Lisbons are getting their food from?

3. Whose idea is the "Day of Grieving"?

4. What do the girls order to help them escape their boredom?

5. Which of these is not an observation made about Lux in the weeks following her removal from school?

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