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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 happens to the woman moving in across the street from Corrine in Part I?
(a) She goes into labor.
(b) Someone throws cans and bottles at her from the street.
(c) She breaks her leg on old rope in the yard.
(d) She shoots Corrine's cat.

2. Who is Corrine's daughter?
(a) Mary.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Alice.
(d) Marlowe.

3. Which street does Corrine live on?
(a) Meadow Drive.
(b) Holland Street
(c) Wysteria Row.
(d) Larkspur Lane.

4. What does Dale Strickland ask Mary Rose that unsettles Mary Rose immediately?
(a) If she has a knife in the house.
(b) Whether or not she has a phone.
(c) Whether her husband is at home.
(d) If she has been trained in police work.

5. What does Dale Strickland's father do?
(a) He is an oil executive.
(b) He is a preacher.
(c) He is a rancher.
(d) He is a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two characters become pregnant as teenagers at the same time?

2. What does Dale Strickland say when he hears the police arrive at Mary Rose's house?

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

4. On what day did Ginny leave town?

5. What does Mary Rose ask Aimee Jo to do as soon as Gloria comes into the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what piece of advice from her uncle does Gloria remember as she tries to escape from Dale Strickland?

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

3. 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?

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

5. In Part I, why does Debra Ann like coming to the Shepard house so much?

6. Why do Debra Ann and Jesse seem to form a bond so quickly with each other?

7. In Part I, how many mistakes did Mary Rose make and what were they?

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 II, how does Mary Rose interact with her husband Robert?

10. What does Debra Ann want most in the world that she asks her paper fortune-teller?

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