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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who watches Loretta's children while Loretta goes out to make money?
(a) Brock watches them.
(b) Loretta brings them to work with her.
(c) Mrs. Wendall watches them.
(d) Jules cares for himself and the two girls.

4. Why does Maureen enjoy the library so much?
(a) There is a librarian there that she has a crush on.
(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) She knows an education is the key to rising out of poverty.

5. Where does Mrs. Wendall live after Howard's death?
(a) She goes to live with one of her other children.
(b) She goes to live with a relative in the country.
(c) She goes to a funeral home.
(d) She continues to live with Loretta and her new husband.

6. How did Bernard make most of his money?
(a) An item he invented.
(b) His involvement in the Detroit mob.
(c) An inheritance.
(d) The business he owned.

7. What is Loretta forced to do as payment for Howard's help?
(a) She has to marry his nephew.
(b) She has to pay him back within a month.
(c) She has to sleep with him.
(d) She has to take care of his dying mother.

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

9. Where are Jules and Nadine at the end of Chapter 6 of the second book?
(a) Nadine and Jules are in Texas together.
(b) Nadine is in Texas; Jules is making his way back to Detroit.
(c) Nadine and Jules are both back in Michigan.
(d) Jules is in Texas; Nadine is making her way back to Detroit.

10. Howard leaves Loretta and their children to go where?
(a) To live with and care for his aging mother.
(b) To move in with his mistress.
(c) To backpack across Europe.
(d) To fight in World War II.

11. Who burns down the barn?
(a) Jules.
(b) Loretta.
(c) Betty.
(d) Maureen.

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

13. Who cooks and waits up for Pat every night?
(a) No one.
(b) Betty.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Loretta.

14. In what condition is Maureen at the beginning of the second book?
(a) She is missing, because she ran away from home.
(b) She is pregnant, and has lost her job.
(c) She is driving herself to the point of exhaustion with work and school.
(d) She is catatonic, and has been since her beating.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maureen hide the money she makes?

2. What does Loretta force Maureen to do for Pat?

3. What relationship exists between Nadine and Bernard?

4. Who is Bernie Malin?

5. How does the barn fire start?

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