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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is happening to Maureen during her recovery?
(a) She is slowly going blind.
(b) She is forgetting much of her past.
(c) She is having difficulty learning how to do simple things.
(d) She is having flashbacks of the night she was beaten.

2. The third book begins in what year?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1982.

3. What is being broadcast on television when Maureen visits Loretta at her apartment?
(a) News of the war that has just begun.
(b) A game show.
(c) A sitcom that portrays a poverty-stricken family.
(d) News of the race riots in Detroit.

4. Where does Loretta see Jules when she gets out of the shelter?
(a) At his home.
(b) In the grocery store.
(c) On the streetcorner.
(d) On television.

5. Where do Jules and Loretta go every week, in Chapter 10 of the second book?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The welfare office.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jules tell Vera about love?

2. How does Mort feel about America?

3. In what way has Maureen changed since the beginning of the novel?

4. After her marriage to Jim, why doesn't Maureen want any contact with her family?

5. When Jules visits Maureen in Dearborn, he informs her that he is moving where?

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