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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Mary Rose her gun?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

2. What is the best meal Jesse tells Debra Ann he ever had?
(a) His grandmother's stew.
(b) Pot roast and potatoes, or the steak the army gave him when he got back from overseas.
(c) Pizza and french fries.
(d) A milkshake and hamburger from his hometown diner.

3. What does Gloria do to the old man and woman watching her at the Sonic parking lot in Part I?
(a) Asks them for help.
(b) Spits at them.
(c) Gives them the finger.
(d) Scratches their truck.

4. What does Dale Strickland say when he hears the police arrive at Mary Rose's house?
(a) I want a lawyer.
(b) I am going to jail.
(c) I did not do it.
(d) My daddy's going to kill me.

5. What does Mary Rose call her gun?
(a) Old Yeller.
(b) Sleepy Girl.
(c) Old Lady.
(d) The Blitz.

6. Who is Debra Ann waiting anxiously for to come home?
(a) Her little sister Jennifer.
(b) John, her father.
(c) Ginny, her mother.
(d) Her brother Michael.

7. What music reminds Debra Ann of driving with her mother?
(a) A Joni Mitchell album.
(b) An Elton John album.
(c) A Bob Dylan album.
(d) A Patti Smith album.

8. Why is Mary Rose seen as a pariah by the women in the church?
(a) She is Jewish.
(b) She stands up for Gloria Ramirez and insults them when she calls out their racism.
(c) She does not want to give to the church's relief fund.
(d) She does not want to pray.

9. Whose face does Mary Rose flick water into in Part II?
(a) Micheline Mann.
(b) Barbara Rowland.
(c) Grace Cowden.
(d) Marsha Miles.

10. What has Gloria's uncle told her you call a soldier who panics?
(a) Coward.
(b) Missing.
(c) KIA.
(d) Deserter.

11. Who is Ginny's husband?
(a) Jim.
(b) Jon.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Potter.

12. Who is Gloria's mother?
(a) Alice.
(b) Mary.
(c) Alma.
(d) Corrine.

13. What did Dale Strickland call Gloria when he first met her and before he knew her name?
(a) Valentine.
(b) Cutie.
(c) Baby.
(d) Honey.

14. What does Corrine often do after Potter's death that she knows is not good for her health?
(a) Drink too much.
(b) Take painkillers.
(c) Cut herself.
(d) Smoke marijuana.

15. What does Gloria change her name to after the rape?
(a) Glory.
(b) Marlo.
(c) Alma.
(d) Fiona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gloria wake up on Sunday morning in Part I?

2. What is Mary Rose's husband's name?

3. Which child from town used to love to talk with Potter and still comes around to see Corrine?

4. What kinds of stories did Ginny's grandmother tell her?

5. Why does Mary Rose go to Albuquerque in Part II?

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