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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In the chapter, "Rag-Quilt Life," what does Marianne say before she leaves the Co-Op?
(a) That she needs a vacation.
(b) That she will be back.
(c) Goodbye.
(d) Nothing.

3. What are Marianne's last thoughts as she leaves Abelove's office?
(a) She needed to see Hewie.
(b) That she wanted to tell all her friends at the Co-Op.
(c) That she couldn't wait to call home.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

4. What do the brothers do for the first time before they part in the chapter titled, "The Handshake."
(a) They hug.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) They promise to stay in touch.
(d) They pray together.

5. What member of the family is missing at Michael Mulvaney Sr.'s funeral?
(a) Judd.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Corrine.
(d) Mike Jr.

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

7. What does Marianne do for work after leaving the Co-Op?
(a) Marianne works as an assistant to Penelope Hagstrom, a poet and philanthropist.
(b) She started painting.
(c) She is in college.
(d) She is a maid for a wealthy family.

8. What happens to Corrine's antiques?
(a) Some are sold, others are stored in the new house.
(b) They are put out for a big yard sale.
(c) They put everything in a giant shed.
(d) In the attic of their new home.

9. Where does Patrick decide he is going to take Zachary Lundt to get revenge?
(a) None of the answers are correct.
(b) To the sewage treatment plant.
(c) Back to where Zach raped Marianne.
(d) To the lake.

10. Why doesn't Judd recognize Patrick when they meet the night before Easter?
(a) Patrick is tougher looking and has a beard.
(b) Patrick is wearing a disguise.
(c) Patrick is wearing a mask.
(d) Patrick has dyed hair.

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

12. Where does Michael Mulvaney move after he leaves Corrine?
(a) Erie.
(b) Yewville.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Ithaca.

13. Where does Marianne go after leaving the Co-Op?
(a) Ithaca, New York.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Erie, Pennsylvania.
(d) Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.

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

15. What does Corrine say to Judd when she invites him to a Fourth of July cookout?
(a) That he should bring ice.
(b) That it was finally time to celebrate.
(c) That it would also be a family reunion.
(d) It was going to be a great feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stump Creek Hill?

2. In the chapter titled, "Gone," what does Judd admit doing with his father's ashes?

3. What does Patrick suddenly remember as he drives with Zachary?

4. What does Marianne do after Whit tends to Muffin?

5. What duty of Birk's does Marianne take over that makes a huge difference at the Co-Op?

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