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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 are Addie and her mother different?
(a) Addie is upbeat and her mother is a whiner.
(b) Addie is practical and her mother is a spendthrift.
(c) Addie is robust and her mother is frail.
(d) Addie is upbeat and her mother is depressed.

2. What does Dwight want the courts to decide?
(a) Child support payments.
(b) If Diane is fit as a mother.
(c) Custody issues.
(d) Alimony payments.

3. Where does the sentence "Dory is a numbskull" appear?
(a) On an old picture of the overpass.
(b) On Addie's locker at school.
(c) On one of the wheels of the trailer where Addie lives.
(d) On the wall around the dumpster in the apartment where Addie lives.

4. Why does Denise get in a fight with Dwight when he brings his daughters over?
(a) The girls are hungry.
(b) Denise wants Dwight to leave the girls for a while.
(c) The girls are dirty.
(d) The girls are very thin.

5. What is wrong with Soula?
(a) Brains tumor.
(b) Heart problems.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Soula and Elliot?

2. What does Denise do on Monday morning when Addie is leaving for school?

3. Who does Denise call a reprobate?

4. Over what do Addie and her mother laugh?

5. For whom does Rick leave a note?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the reactions of Dwight and Grandio when they learned about Denise's disappearance when Addie is nine?

2. Why isn't Addie afraid to be home alone?

3. What does Addie notice on the newspaper clipping board at the mini-mart one day?

4. How does Denise feel about the trailer and why?

5. What happens at Addie's tryout for the orchestra?

6. What does Addie do for Halloween?

7. What does Addie say about six steps?

8. How does Denise look when Addie returns home and what does Denise tell Addie?

9. Why does Helena have to see the school nurse?

10. What does Mommers say when she finally arrives home at 2 a.m.?

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