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

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

3. Which of the following is not a condition of the girls' attendance at the Homecoming dance?
(a) Mr. Lisbon is a dance chaperone.
(b) They have to drive to the dance with their parents.
(c) They all have to have dates.
(d) They have to be home by 11 p.m.

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

5. What does Mr. Lisbon use paint cans for in Chapter 4?
(a) Catching water leaks.
(b) Watering plants.
(c) Storing tools.
(d) Mixing paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trip do in his car during the day?

2. What does Trip do when faced with the headmaster one afternoon after returning from his car?

3. How does Trip Fontaine get home after the dance?

4. What does Bonnie carry on her nightly pilgrimages outside?

5. Where does Old Mrs. Karafilis live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the three older girls end their evening at the dance?

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

4. What is Mrs. Lisbon's reaction to Lux's disobedience?

5. Describe the physical changes happening to the Lisbon home.

6. How does Mr. Lisbon's behavior at school change after Cecilia's suicide?

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

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

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

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

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