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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major project is the Parks Department working on?
(a) Street sweeping.
(b) Removing the diseased elm trees.
(c) Filling potholes.
(d) Planting spring bulbs.

2. What does Mr. Lisbon often bring home for his daughters?
(a) Magazines.
(b) Comic books.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Records.

3. What do the men of the neighborhood try to remove?
(a) A rusted-out car.
(b) The Lisbons' fence.
(c) A stone wall.
(d) A dying elm tree.

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

5. Whose car do the boys take to the dance?
(a) Kevin Head's.
(b) Joe Hill Conley's.
(c) Parkie Denton's.
(d) Trip Fontaine's.

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

7. What song's lyrics are published in the newspaper as a possible cause of the Lisbon girls' suicides?
(a) "When Youth Sees No Future."
(b) "Cruel Crux."
(c) "Virgin Suicide."
(d) "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

8. How does Therese kill herself?
(a) She sticks her head in the oven.
(b) She takes an overdose of sleeping pills and gin.
(c) She slits her wrists.
(d) She hangs herself.

9. What does Trip do when faced with the headmaster one afternoon after returning from his car?
(a) He walks right by him.
(b) He ducks into the wrong classroom.
(c) He turns and leaves school.
(d) He dashes to the bathroom.

10. What does Trip ask Mr. Lisbon during fourth period?
(a) For help with his science homework.
(b) For a college recommendation.
(c) For permission to take Lux to Homecoming.
(d) For permission to marry Lux.

11. Where do the Lisbon girls spend the Day of Grieving?
(a) Outside, behind the school.
(b) In their homerooms.
(c) At home.
(d) In the bathroom.

12. How does Therese communicate with the outside world?
(a) The telephone.
(b) A pen pal.
(c) She meets a friend in her backyard.
(d) Her ham radio.

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

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

15. What does Mr. Lisbon attempt to flush down the toilet?
(a) Fish flies.
(b) A dead mouse.
(c) M&Ms.
(d) A retainer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Lisbon talk about with the neighborhood fathers who come to visit?

3. What interesting contraption does Mr. Lisbon have in his classroom?

4. Which of the following is not a condition of the girls' attendance at the Homecoming dance?

5. What are the green pamphlets sent out by the Chamber of Commerce about?

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