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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 is Old Mrs. Karafilis' weekly ritual?
(a) She makes a trip to the hairdresser.
(b) She gets a manicure.
(c) She takes an Epsom salt bath.
(d) She takes a drive through the countryside.

2. What do Trip and Lux do under the bleachers?
(a) Drink peach schnapps.
(b) Dance.
(c) Smoke cigarettes.
(d) Make love.

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

4. What happens to Mr. Lisbon over Christmas vacation?
(a) He buys a new car.
(b) He learns to ski.
(c) He leaves his job.
(d) He has a heart attack.

5. At the Lisbons' house, who sits next to Trip?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Mrs. Lisbon.
(c) Mr Lisbon.
(d) Lux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Lisbons and Trip watch on TV?

2. What kind of music does Mrs. Lisbon listen to?

3. Which of the girls engages in promiscuous sexual relationships?

4. Who is Miss Lynn Kilsem?

5. What does Lux take with her to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the state of the Lisbon house in Chapter 4.

9. Describe the state of the Lisbons' basement on June 15th.

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

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