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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. How old is Gloria in Part I?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

2. Why does Jesse Belden fail to hear Debra Ann when she first comes into his dwelling in Part II?
(a) He is passed out from drinking.
(b) He has an inured ear.
(c) He is listening to music.
(d) The train tracks cover the noise.

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

4. What does Mary Rose ask Corrine to do for her the first time she meets her in Part I?
(a) Keep her cat away from them.
(b) Lend her a pack of cigarettes.
(c) Watch Aimee Jo while Mary Rose goes to the hospital to have the baby.
(d) Lend her some money.

5. What does Gloria say over and over again once Mary Rose has given her a glass of water?
(a) I want my mom.
(b) I need to call the police.
(c) I am going to die.
(d) I need some money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dale Strickland call Mary Rose?

2. What does Dale Strickland ask Mary Rose that unsettles Mary Rose immediately?

3. Which woman in the neighborhood watches all the children and calls their parents if they are doing something wrong?

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

5. What music reminds Debra Ann of driving with her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, how does Mary Rose interact with her husband Robert?

2. What injury does Jesse Belden have that made it so that he did not notice Debra Ann coming into his hiding place?

3. In Part I, why had it been a bad winter for the Whitehead family?

4. In Part I, what does Gloria do to the old man and woman who are watching her as she considers getting into Strickland's truck?

5. Why is Debra Ann's name not spelled the way Ginny wanted it to be?

6. In Part II, what does Corrine say to Suzanne Ledbetter when Suzanne starts spreading malicious gossip about Gloria Ramirez?

7. What does Mary Rose do that she never tells anyone about a few months before becoming pregnant with the son she is currently nursing in Part II?

8. Who does Debra Ann take things from to give to Jesse Belden and what are some of the things she steals?

9. In Part I, what does Mary Rose Whitehead think will be one of her happiest moments when she is on her deathbed?

10. In Part I, how does Potter handle the event of his own death in regards to Corrine?

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