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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 health issue is Lux discovered to have while in the hospital?
(a) Appendicitis.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Anemia.
(d) HPV.

2. What do the girls order to help them escape their boredom?
(a) Records.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) Catalogues.
(d) Books.

3. What object appears randomly around the neighborhood, including under windshield wipers and between bicycle spokes?
(a) Rosaries.
(b) Plastic flowers.
(c) Notes from the Lisbon girls.
(d) Laminated pictures of the Virgin Mary.

4. What do the Lisbons do with the flowers they receive?
(a) They leave them to rot.
(b) They put them in vases.
(c) They give them to hospital patients.
(d) They dry them.

5. Which of these is not an observation made about Lux in the weeks following her removal from school?
(a) She has cold sores and is losing a patch of her hair.
(b) She seems to have a large sense of charity.
(c) She seems to enjoy her activities upon the roof.
(d) She has lost weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Lisbon often bring home for his daughters?

2. What is Mary's favorite occupation?

3. Who is Miss Lynn Kilsem?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Lisbons deal with their friends' and neighbors' offers of sympathy?

2. What signs did the Lisbon girls show of rejoining the community?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Lux taken by ambulance to the hospital?

8. What was the media's first reaction to Cecilia's suicide, and why?

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

10. How did Trip Fontaine "make his move" regarding Lux?

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