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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jules so anxious at the bank when cashing Bernard's checks?
(a) Jules is waiting for his accomplice to rob the bank.
(b) Jules is afraid he will be robbed.
(c) Jules has forged the check amounts.
(d) He doesn't believe that the checks are real.

2. What does Loretta do every night while waiting for Pat to come home?
(a) Reads.
(b) Goes to bed.
(c) Does dishes.
(d) Darns socks.

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

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

5. Who is Rita?
(a) Bernie's niece.
(b) Howard's sister.
(c) Loretta's friend.
(d) Loretta's daughter.

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

7. What happens to Bernie?
(a) He is shot and killed.
(b) His sister is kidnapped.
(c) He contracts a terminal illness.
(d) He is hit by a car and killed.

8. How does Mrs. Wendall react to the barn fire?
(a) She faints when she sees it.
(b) She whips the perpetrator with a stick.
(c) She is pleased to get the insurance money.
(d) She assumes that it was a lightning strike.

9. What does Loretta do after Mrs. Wendall is gone?
(a) Moves the family into a smaller apartment.
(b) Rents Mrs. Wendall's room to a boarder.
(c) Gets a second job, to pay for the nursing home care.
(d) Quits her job to care for her children.

10. What does Jules focus on after his father's death?
(a) Getting good grades, to be able to attend college.
(b) Becoming the man of the family.
(c) Trying to set his mother up with a good man.
(d) Making money to escape his life of poverty.

11. How does Loretta make money to support herself and her children?
(a) She sells drugs.
(b) She becomes a prostitute.
(c) She sings at a local nightclub.
(d) She waits tables at a local diner.

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

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

14. 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.

15. What does Jules do when he finds Bernard?
(a) He calls the police and stays with Bernard until they come.
(b) He calls Bernard's lawyer to come help him.
(c) Returns the money Bernard had given him to Bernard's pocket and leaves.
(d) He brings Bernard to his mother's house to stay with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches Loretta's children while Loretta goes out to make money?

2. Where does Loretta go with her children while Howard is gone?

3. What kind of a child is Jules?

4. What is Maureen's method of escape?

5. When Pat comes home after witnessing Maureen's actions, what does he do?

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