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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Loretta go with her children while Howard is gone?
(a) Nowhere; she stays with Mrs. Wendall.
(b) To Texas, to start a new life.
(c) Overseas to be with Howard.
(d) Back to Detroit.

2. How does Loretta's family feel about Mrs. Wendall's placement in a nursing home?
(a) They are angry at her because the nursing home is expensive.
(b) It relieves some of their stress.
(c) They are sorry to see her go.
(d) They feel guilty for being unable to care for her.

3. How does Maureen feel about the loss of her notebook?
(a) She feels hopeless and doesn't know how to retrieve it.
(b) She is furious at her sister's carelessness.
(c) She is proud of herself for keeping duplicates of all of her notes.
(d) She is devastated by her own irresponsibility.

4. Who watches Loretta's children while Loretta goes out to make money?
(a) Loretta brings them to work with her.
(b) Jules cares for himself and the two girls.
(c) Mrs. Wendall watches them.
(d) Brock watches them.

5. How does Loretta feel about Howard's absence?
(a) She is lost without him.
(b) She misses him, but is able to cope.
(c) She is angry at him, and glad he is gone.
(d) She does not miss him, surprisingly.

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

7. What does Loretta discover when she visits her father after moving away?
(a) That he has gotten remarried.
(b) That he has been killed.
(c) That he is missing.
(d) That he has been institutionalized.

8. Who is Bernie Malin?
(a) One of Brock's friends.
(b) A boy Loretta has been seeing.
(c) One of Loretta's father's friends.
(d) Loretta's cousin.

9. Who burns down the barn?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Loretta.
(c) Betty.
(d) Jules.

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

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

12. Where does Mrs. Wendall live after Howard's death?
(a) She continues to live with Loretta and her new husband.
(b) She goes to live with a relative in the country.
(c) She goes to live with one of her other children.
(d) She goes to a funeral home.

13. During what years does the novel take place?
(a) 1937 to 1967.
(b) 1967 to 1987.
(c) 1957 to 1977.
(d) 1917 to 1937.

14. Where are Jules and Nadine at the end of Chapter 6 of the second book?
(a) Nadine and Jules are both back in Michigan.
(b) Nadine and Jules are in Texas together.
(c) Jules is in Texas; Nadine is making her way back to Detroit.
(d) Nadine is in Texas; Jules is making his way back to Detroit.

15. In what condition does Jules find Bernard?
(a) Being held hostage.
(b) Penniless and suicidal.
(c) Drunk and passed out in an alley.
(d) Lying face-up, with his throat slashed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bernard give Jules three hundred dollars?

2. How did Bernard make most of his money?

3. How does Loretta make money to support herself and her children?

4. Why does Faye take Jules home when she meets him?

5. What does Nadine know about why Bernard was killed?

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