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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What warning does Marianne hear when people pay too much attention to her?
(a) If she allowed kindness she would have to reveal her past.
(b) If she accepts undeserved kindness worse things will happen.
(c) Kindness is only a mask meant to hide evil intentions.
(d) If she allowed good things to happen it would work in reverse.

2. What happens on the first day of summer in the chapter titled, "On My Own"?
(a) Judd moves home again.
(b) Michael Sr. files for bakruptcy.
(c) Michael Sr. moves away.
(d) Corrine files for divorce.

3. What does Patrick do when Zachary begins sinking in the bog?
(a) He watches as Zachary goes under and drowns.
(b) He suddenly changes his mind and pulls him out.
(c) He turns around and walks away.
(d) He laughs and tells him he's getting what he deserves.

4. What Charlotte Bronte words become a motto to Marianne?
(a) "A rose by any other name would smell so sweet."
(b) "Out of obscurity I came -- to obsurity I can easily return."
(c) "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
(d) "Hard work never killed anyone."

5. How does Marianne feel about Abelove?
(a) She respected him but didn't want to get close.
(b) She laughed at him behind his back.
(c) She wanted to marry him.
(d) She had a schoolgirl crush on him.

6. Where is Judd to pick up the guns after Patrick is finished with them?
(a) Under some leaves by their church.
(b) In the woods behind their house.
(c) At an abandoned cemetery.
(d) In a trash can by the high school.

7. What does Judd tell Patrick about their mother on Sunday mornings at church?
(a) It's like she's not really there, she just stares into space.
(b) It's like she breaks down every Sunday morning.
(c) It's like the pastor and his wife are her only friends.
(d) It's like she gets her strength from church.

8. What does Michael Sr. suddenly blurt out to Mike Jr. during his visit?
(a) That Mike was just there to gather info.
(b) That Mike was looking at him like he is a dog.
(c) That his son was disloyal when he left home.
(d) That Mike just came to show off to him.

9. How does Patrick feel as he drives away from the bog?
(a) He is numb.
(b) He is feeling elated.
(c) He is upset that he killed someone.
(d) He is mad for not following through with his plan.

10. What does Marianne do after Whit tends to Muffin?
(a) She looks for a job near Stump Creek Hill to pay for Muffin's treatments.
(b) She stays to work at Stump Creek Hill shelter.
(c) She goes back to college.
(d) She runs away again.

11. What does Judd keep hearing himself say?
(a) "Be strong for Mom. She needs you."
(b) "Find Patrick. Find Patrick. Find Patrick."
(c) "Take care of Mom. Be sure Mom doesn't crack up."
(d) "Get out! Get out while you can."

12. What finally happens while Marianne is working at Stump Creek Hill?
(a) Judd comes for a visit.
(b) Patrick shows up and suprises her.
(c) Corrine calls to tell her to come to Rochester.
(d) Corrine calls to tell her she wants her to come home.

13. What happens to Marianne when she cries while shoveling snow?
(a) Nothing, she keeps working.
(b) Nothing, she had a scarf protecting her.
(c) She tries to dry them with tissues, but the tissues freeze and she looks like Santa.
(d) Her tears freeze.

14. What does Marianne do when she sees her father for the first time in twelve years?
(a) She sits silently beside him.
(b) She tells him she loves him and that she is sorry.
(c) She cries so much she can't talk.
(d) She just stares at him because he looks so different.

15. What does Judd say about prayer?
(a) His family is past prayer.
(b) Prayer doesn't work.
(c) His mother can pray.
(d) He will continue to pray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Birk?"

2. What has been happening with Patrick since his father's death?

3. What does Aunt Ethel tell her about her mother?

4. From where does Marianne watch her grandmother's funeral?

5. What does Abelove have to swallow his pride to do for the Co-Op?

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