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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 money from work.
(b) For beating Maureen so severely.
(c) For a bar fight.
(d) For stealing a car.

2. 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 putting her money away.
(c) He sees her looking through his wallet.
(d) He sees her sneaking out of the house after dark.

3. What happens to Maureen's notebook?
(a) Her mother throws it away.
(b) She loses it.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) Her little sister destroys it.

4. How long is Pat in jail?
(a) Four months.
(b) Six months.
(c) A year.
(d) Eighteen months.

5. How does Maureen feel about her parents?
(a) She loves them, and is happy at home.
(b) She loves them, and pities them.
(c) She hates them for keeping the family mired in poverty.
(d) She admires them for their hard work.

6. What does Loretta force Maureen to do for Pat?
(a) Perform sexual favors for him.
(b) Give him backrubs.
(c) Shave his chest.
(d) Wash his laundry.

7. What year is it at the beginning of the second book, chapter 4?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1942.

8. What pretense does Jules use to visit Nadine?
(a) He delivers some of her uncle's possessions to her.
(b) He visits her sister.
(c) He delivers flowers to her.
(d) He needs to ask her questions about her uncle's estate.

9. Who is Maureen?
(a) Loretta's older daughter.
(b) Howard's sister.
(c) Mrs. Wendall's niece.
(d) Brock's aunt.

10. What is Loretta's situation at the beginning of the second book?
(a) She is pregnant, but still working.
(b) She is not pregnant and still working.
(c) She is not pregnant, but unemployed.
(d) She is pregnant and unemployed.

11. What happens to Jules while he and Nadine are on the road?
(a) He is shot and killed.
(b) He gets dysentery.
(c) He receives word that his mother is dead.
(d) He is hit by a car.

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

13. Where is Howard living, after the war?
(a) With another relative.
(b) On the streets.
(c) At home with his mother.
(d) In Detroit, with Loretta.

14. Howard leaves Loretta and their children to go where?
(a) To move in with his mistress.
(b) To live with and care for his aging mother.
(c) To backpack across Europe.
(d) To fight in World War II.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Brock, in relation to Loretta?

2. Who is the first major character to be introduced?

3. Who is Bernie Malin?

4. Who is Rita?

5. What does Mrs. Wendall say about Jules's future?

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