View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jules do for work after Bernard's murder?
(a) He works at a restaurant as a short-order cook.
(b) He works at a local garage repairing cars.
(c) He works as a delivery driver for a florist.
(d) He works as a receptionist at a hotel.

2. Where does Loretta go with her children while Howard is gone?
(a) Back to Detroit.
(b) Overseas to be with Howard.
(c) To Texas, to start a new life.
(d) Nowhere; she stays with Mrs. Wendall.

3. Why is Mrs. Wendall placed in a nursing home?
(a) The family is forced to move into a smaller home.
(b) Mrs. Wendall no longer wants to live with Loretta and her children.
(c) Her deteriorating health.
(d) The family can't afford to feed her.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Loretta discover when she visits her father after moving away?

2. Where are Jules and Nadine at the end of Chapter 6 of the second book?

3. What is Loretta forced to do as payment for Howard's help?

4. To whom does Loretta go for help while Howard is gone?

5. What does Jules want to do with his own children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jules' relationship with Nadine end?

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

3. What is Loretta's situation at the beginning of the novel?

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

5. How does Loretta feel when she sees Jules on the news?

6. How does Jules seduce Nadine?

7. Why hasn't Maureen been able to get a job?

8. What does Jules do while trying to perform a magic trick for Maureen?

9. What do Maureen and Jules talk about when Jules visits her in Dearborn?

10. What does Jules learn about Bernard in Chapter 4 of the second book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 840 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample