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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Loretta make money to support herself and her children?
(a) She becomes a prostitute.
(b) She sells drugs.
(c) She waits tables at a local diner.
(d) She sings at a local nightclub.

4. 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.

5. Who is Howard Wendall?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A chef.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pat in jail?

2. Why does Maureen enjoy the library so much?

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

4. How did Bernard make most of his money?

5. Who is Maureen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is helping Maureen to come out of her catatonia?

2. What is Maureen's situation at the beginning of the third book?

3. What happens when Loretta visits her father for the first time after her marriage?

4. How does Loretta react when Maureen tells her about Jim?

5. What happens the night that Jules runs away and Loretta is frantic to find him?

6. What does Maureen write about one of her other professors?

7. To whom does Maureen write her letters?

8. Why does Loretta's family move away from Detroit?

9. How does Jules' relationship with Nadine end?

10. What is Loretta's reputation as a teenager?

(see the answer keys)

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