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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Loretta feel about Mrs. Wendall?
(a) She is grateful to have her around to help with the children.
(b) She hates her meddling, overbearing attitude.
(c) She is jealous of Mrs. Wendall's relationship with Howard.
(d) She is glad to have her as company.

2. Why is Jules almost killed in Children of Silence, Chapter 9?
(a) He is mugged walking home from work.
(b) He gets very ill from a drug overdose.
(c) He ponders robbing a store and is shot at by a police officer.
(d) His father beats him severely.

3. Who is Pat Furlong?
(a) Howard's former employer.
(b) Loretta's new husband.
(c) A reverend at the local church.
(d) A police officer investigating Howard's death.

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

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

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

7. Why does Maureen enjoy the library so much?
(a) She knows an education is the key to rising out of poverty.
(b) She hopes to meet a man there who can take her away from her family.
(c) She associates the stillness with a life she hopes to someday have away from her family.
(d) There is a librarian there that she has a crush on.

8. What year is it in Children of Silence, Chapter 9?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1945.

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

10. How old is Loretta at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Fourteen.

11. What kind of a child is Jules?
(a) Boisterous and obnoxious.
(b) Quiet and introspective.
(c) Defiant and disrespectful.
(d) Delightful and adventurous.

12. 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 devastated by her own irresponsibility.
(d) She is proud of herself for keeping duplicates of all of her notes.

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

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

15. How does the barn fire start?
(a) Sunlight hitting a convex piece of glass.
(b) A cigarette butt that isn't extinguished.
(c) A magic trick gone awry.
(d) Embers from a campfire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who burns down the barn?

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

4. Why does Loretta feed Maureen sweets every day?

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

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