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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pat in jail?
(a) For stealing a car.
(b) For beating Maureen so severely.
(c) For a bar fight.
(d) For stealing money from work.

2. Why is Mrs. Wendall placed in a nursing home?
(a) Her deteriorating health.
(b) The family is forced to move into a smaller home.
(c) Mrs. Wendall no longer wants to live with Loretta and her children.
(d) The family can't afford to feed her.

3. How does Maureen feel about her method of earning an income?
(a) She hates every moment of it, and hates her parents for forcing her to such lengths.
(b) She distances herself from it and focuses only on the money she is making.
(c) She doesn't mind it, and sometimes enjoys it.
(d) Her attitude about it is never expressed.

4. Why does Jules steal a car?
(a) To drive himself to California.
(b) To drive himself and Nadine to Canada.
(c) To drive himself and Nadine to Texas or Mexico.
(d) To drive himself to Seattle.

5. What does Mrs. Wendall say about Jules's future?
(a) That he will wind up in the electric chair, and Mrs. Wendall will pull the switch.
(b) That he will end up being a street-rat, just like his mother.
(c) That he has to dress and behave as if he is richer than he is.
(d) That he needs to go to school in order to get a good job.

6. What does Nadine do to help Jules in Chapter 6 of the second book?
(a) She brings him to a hospital.
(b) She offers to call her father to drive them home.
(c) She cares for him until he is well again.
(d) Nothing; she takes the car and leaves.

7. Who is Brock, in relation to Loretta?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

8. What does Pat see Maureen doing, in the last chapter of the first book?
(a) He sees her in a car with a man, her customer.
(b) He sees her looking through his wallet.
(c) He sees her putting her money away.
(d) He sees her sneaking out of the house after dark.

9. Why is Loretta arrested?
(a) Leaving her children unattended.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Distributing narcotics.
(d) Carrying a concealed weapon.

10. Who is Betty?
(a) Loretta's friend.
(b) Maureen's cousin.
(c) Howard's sister.
(d) Loretta's younger daughter.

11. Who is Jules?
(a) Brock's brother.
(b) Howard's brother.
(c) Loretta's oldest son.
(d) Loretta's nephew.

12. What happens to Jules on one of the nights when he runs away?
(a) He is kidnapped.
(b) He witnesses the aftermath of a plane crash.
(c) He gets lost in a burning building.
(d) He is hit by a car.

13. What does Jules struggle with after Howard's funeral?
(a) Jules can't remember anything about his father.
(b) Jules feels guilty for not being more upset.
(c) Jules now has to care for his mother and sisters.
(d) Jules needs a male role model.

14. Who is the first major character to be introduced?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Betty.
(c) Jules.
(d) Loretta.

15. In what city does most of the novel take place?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Loretta's situation at the beginning of the second book?

2. How does Mrs. Wendall react to the barn fire?

3. Who is Bernard Geffen?

4. What sort of relationship does Betty have with her brother and sister?

5. Why is Howard fired from his job?

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