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

2. Why does Maureen enjoy the library so much?
(a) She associates the stillness with a life she hopes to someday have away from her family.
(b) She knows an education is the key to rising out of poverty.
(c) There is a librarian there that she has a crush on.
(d) She hopes to meet a man there who can take her away from her family.

3. What is Maureen's method of escape?
(a) Going to the library.
(b) Drugs and alcohol.
(c) Running away repeatedly.
(d) Going to the movies.

4. What happens to Jules while he and Nadine are on the road?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He receives word that his mother is dead.
(c) He gets dysentery.
(d) He is shot and killed.

5. In what condition does Jules find Bernard?
(a) Lying face-up, with his throat slashed.
(b) Being held hostage.
(c) Drunk and passed out in an alley.
(d) Penniless and suicidal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Wendall live after Howard's death?

2. What does Jules do when he finds Bernard?

3. What does Jules do for work after Bernard's murder?

4. Who is Howard Wendall?

5. What type of child is Betty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of Jules's and Nadine's adventure?

2. What has changed about Maureen as a result of her catatonia?

3. What does Jules do at the end of Chapter 7 of the third book?

4. What happens to Loretta after Howard's death?

5. How does Jules feel after his father's funeral?

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

7. What is Jules's living situation in Chapter 6 of the third book?

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

9. How does Jules feel about the riot fires on the streets of Detroit?

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

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