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

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

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

4. What are Maureen's responsibilities on a daily basis?
(a) Going to work, because she does not attend school.
(b) Only her schoolwork.
(c) Cooking, housework, and her own schoolwork.
(d) Going to work and completing her schoolwork.

5. How does Maureen decide to make money?
(a) She sells her collection of porcelain dolls.
(b) She turns to prostitution.
(c) She tutors her classmates.
(d) She sells her grandmother's medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the children react to Howard's death?

2. What are the rumors circulating about Loretta at the beginning of the novel?

3. Who is Jules?

4. Why does Maureen enjoy the library so much?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maureen make money so she can leave her parents' house?

2. What happens to Maureen as a result of her method of earning income?

3. What is the significance of the letters that Maureen writes?

4. How does Jules' relationship with Nadine end?

5. What does Loretta think about her relationship with her children while she is in the shelter?

6. What state is Maureen in as a result of her attack?

7. What is the relationship between Samson Wendall and Jules?

8. What is Betty's relationship with her family?

9. What is happening to Maureen as she begins to come out of her catatonia?

10. Why does Maureen want to marry Jim?

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