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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 is hit by a car.
(d) He gets lost in a burning building.

5. Who is Bernard Geffen?
(a) A rich man who hires Jules as his personal assistant.
(b) Faye's father.
(c) Pat's lawyer.
(d) The doctor who cares for Maureen.

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

7. Why doesn't Maureen have a job?
(a) She doesn't want to detract from her study time.
(b) She has no marketable skills.
(c) There are no jobs available in her neighborhood.
(d) Loretta won't allow her to get one.

8. Why does Bernard give Jules three hundred dollars?
(a) So Jules can pay off a debt.
(b) For a haircut, a suit, and groceries for his mother.
(c) For a new car.
(d) So Jules can go to Texas.

9. How does Maureen decide to make money?
(a) She tutors her classmates.
(b) She turns to prostitution.
(c) She sells her grandmother's medication.
(d) She sells her collection of porcelain dolls.

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

11. When Pat comes home after witnessing Maureen's actions, what does he do?
(a) He packs Maureen's things and throws them onto the lawn.
(b) He beats Maureen severely.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He talks to Loretta about Maureen's actions.

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

13. What sort of relationship does Betty have with her brother and sister?
(a) Betty isn't close to either of her siblings.
(b) Betty is close to Jules, but not to Maureen.
(c) Betty is close to Maureen, but not to Jules.
(d) All three of them are very close.

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

15. Why does Loretta feed Maureen sweets every day?
(a) Loretta wants to keep Maureen too weak to run away.
(b) Loretta thinks that if Maureen is eating, she is fine.
(c) Loretta wants to make Maureen happy with her favorite foods.
(d) Loretta feels that Maureen is too thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a child is Jules?

2. Who is Jules?

3. How does Loretta feel about Mrs. Wendall?

4. Who cooks and waits up for Pat every night?

5. What does Pat see Maureen doing, in the last chapter of the first book?

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