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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 are the green pamphlets sent out by the Chamber of Commerce about?
(a) Energy conservation.
(b) Teenage suicide.
(c) Dutch elm disease.
(d) Local elections.

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

3. Whose idea is the "Day of Grieving"?
(a) Mr. Lisbon's.
(b) Mr. Woodhouse's.
(c) Miss Arndt's.
(d) Mrs. Woodhouse's.

4. What does Mr. Lisbon talk about with the neighborhood fathers who come to visit?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Lawn care.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Football.

5. What color corsages did the boys get for the Lisbon girls?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who visits Lux in the hospital?

3. What is Old Mrs. Karafilis' weekly ritual?

4. Where do the boys find Trip, years later, to interview him?

5. What object appears randomly around the neighborhood, including under windshield wipers and between bicycle spokes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on Trip Fontaine's vacation in Acapulco that changes his life significantly?

2. Describe Mary Lisbon's favorite way to pass time during the imprisonment.

3. What rebellious activities does Lux engage in?

4. Why is Trip so flummoxed by his attraction to Lux?

5. How do the Lisbon girls save, at least temporarily, their elm tree?

6. What do the boys see when they first look into the Lisbons' home on June 15th?

7. What is Dr. Hornicker's opinion of Lux after meeting with her in the hospital?

8. Describe Mr. Lisbon's vision of a ghost.

9. What do the boys make of Therese's ham radio conversations?

10. Describe three ways in which the Lisbon girls tried to contact the boys.

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