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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might Nadine's emotions be described?
(a) Somewhat unstable.
(b) Very stable.
(c) Somewhat stable.
(d) Very unstable.

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

3. What does Jules want to do with his own children?
(a) Give them opportunities that he never had.
(b) Home-school them.
(c) Live somewhere far away from Detroit.
(d) Ensure that they remember him when he is gone.

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

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

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

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

8. How do the children react to Howard's death?
(a) Betty is the only one who is upset about it.
(b) Jules is devastated, but the girls show little emotion.
(c) They show little emotion.
(d) They are all devastated.

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

10. What does Jules do for work after Bernard's murder?
(a) He works at a local garage repairing cars.
(b) He works as a delivery driver for a florist.
(c) He works as a receptionist at a hotel.
(d) He works at a restaurant as a short-order cook.

11. Who is Brock, in relation to Loretta?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her son.

12. Where is Mrs. Wendall living?
(a) With Loretta and Howard.
(b) With another relative.
(c) In a shelter.
(d) In a nursing home.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maureen feel about her parents?

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

3. Why is the person Loretta goes to unable to help her?

4. How old is Loretta at the beginning of the novel?

5. Why does Maureen enjoy the library so much?

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