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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jules dream of when looking at maps and books?
(a) Staying in Detroit to help his mother.
(b) Joining the circus.
(c) Getting away from Detroit one day.
(d) Becoming a pirate.

2. Who is Maureen?
(a) Loretta's older daughter.
(b) Mrs. Wendall's niece.
(c) Brock's aunt.
(d) Howard's sister.

3. What does Howard do for Loretta?
(a) He loans her money to get out of town.
(b) He helps her cover up Bernie's murder.
(c) He gives her medication to sell.
(d) He gives her a job at his restaurant.

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

5. Why is Howard fired from his job?
(a) Chronic tardiness.
(b) Poor attendance.
(c) The company was sold.
(d) Corrupt behavior.

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

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

8. Where does Maureen hide the money she makes?
(a) In books in her room.
(b) Under her mattress.
(c) In her desk drawer.
(d) In her jewelry box.

9. Who takes Mrs. Wendall to all of her appointments at the clinic?
(a) Howard.
(b) Loretta.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Jules.

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

11. What position is Maureen elected to in school?
(a) Leader of the student senate.
(b) Class president.
(c) Secretary of her homeroom.
(d) Officer of the debate team.

12. 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.

13. What happens when Jules visits Nadine?
(a) She throws him out.
(b) He rapes her.
(c) She robs him.
(d) He seduces her.

14. Why is the person Loretta goes to unable to help her?
(a) Because they are already living in someone else's home.
(b) Because they are in the hospital.
(c) Because her husband doesn't welcome strangers.
(d) Because they have no place to live themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Loretta feel about Mrs. Wendall?

2. Where is Howard living, after the war?

3. How does Maureen feel about her method of earning an income?

4. How does Maureen decide to make money?

5. Why does Maureen need money immediately?

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