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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Corrine Mulvaney's shop?
(a) High Point This and That.
(b) Mt. Ephraim Antiques.
(c) High Point Antiques.
(d) Chautauqua Valley Farm Antiques.

2. Where does most of the story take place?
(a) High Point Farm, Chautauqua, New York.
(b) High Point Farm, Mt. Ephraim, New York.
(c) Five Point Road, Mt. Ephraim, New York.
(d) Chautauqua Valley Farm, Chautauqua, New York.

3. What happens when Judd asks his mother if Marianne is sick?
(a) Corrine says Marianne will be back at school soon.
(b) Corrine seemed in a hurry to get away before being asked more questions.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Corrine says Marianne just had the flu.

4. What statement does Marianne keep making about the night she was raped?
(a) She admits she was drinking.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) She doesn't want to falsely accuse anyone.
(d) She insists she can't remember.

5. What is written about Patrick Mulvaney's intelligence?
(a) He is a slow learner.
(b) He has an I.Q. of 151.
(c) He has a normal I.Q.
(d) He is a genious.

6. How does Corrine find out that Marianne has been raped?
(a) Mother's intuition.
(b) The boy who raped her told her.
(c) Doctor Oakley told her.
(d) Marianne told her.

7. How does Corrine say the country club discriminates against her family?
(a) They don't let them eat in the main dining room.
(b) She and Marianne cannot enter through the front door.
(c) They don't permit children in the dining room.
(d) They can't get in without dress clothing.

8. Why is Patrick so enthralled by "The Huntsman"?
(a) The artwork was a modern style Patrick liked.
(b) Patrick loved hunting and the picture reminded him of the sport.
(c) Patrick collected art that depicted man against beast.
(d) It raised the question, will the huntsman really shoot the ram he's aiming his weapon at.

9. What is the name of the person Marianne is living with?
(a) Katrina Mulvaney.
(b) Grandma Hausmann.
(c) Ethel Hausmann.
(d) Ethel Mulaney.

10. How does Corrine feel about telling Michael about their daughter's rape?
(a) She wishes he would never have to know.
(b) She suspects he will blame her.
(c) She fears his anger at the bad news.
(d) She decides not to tell him.

11. In the chapter, "Snow after Easter," when does it state is the last time Patrick has seen Marianne?
(a) The past weekend when he visited her.
(b) At her high school graduation the previous June.
(c) When she was taken from their home.
(d) When they all visited the family home at Christmas.

12. Who starts calling Mike Jr. "Mule"?
(a) His football coach.
(b) His mother.
(c) A farmer.
(d) His soccer coach.

13. What words does Michael say at Schroon Lake that Corrine remembers twenty-four years later as she sits in Dr. Oakley's office?
(a) "Let's elope."
(b) "Marry me. I'll love you forever."
(c) "Love me! I'm more than enough."
(d) "Stay with me forever."

14. Where does Michael Mulvaney Sr. go in the chapter titled "Dignity?"
(a) To Ithaca to visit Patrick.
(b) To the store.
(c) To work.
(d) Mt. Ephraim Country Club.

15. What does Mike Jr. do after a fight with his father?
(a) He joins the Marines.
(b) He goes looking for Marianne.
(c) He runs away from home.
(d) He beats up his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Patrick recognize Marianne when he finally sees her?

2. What does Judd think bothers his brother, Mike, the most about their sister's rape?

3. How does the family refer to the word rape?

4. What does Corrine find when she goes to pick up her husband after a late night call saying he couldn't drive home?

5. What metaphor does Patrick use to explain what's happened to their father?

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