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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. In the chapter, "The Assault," why does Michael Mulvaney go to Mort Lundt's house?
(a) Mort is his good friend, and he wants to discuss what happened to Marianne with him.
(b) Michael stops by there regularly to play cards with Mort.
(c) He is angry because he believes Zachary, Mort's son, is the person who raped Marianne.
(d) He is out driving and just ends up there.

2. How does Corrine feel about the Mt. Ephraim Country Club?
(a) She loves going there.
(b) It is too rich for their blood.
(c) It makes her uneasy, resentful, and angry.
(d) She wants to join.

3. Why does Patrick suddenly try to change?
(a) A girl he liked said he was "icy-cold."
(b) He realized he had no friends.
(c) His friends told him he was anti-social.
(d) He was going through a new phase in his life.

4. Where does Marianne work while she attends Kilburn College?
(a) The Green Isle Co-Op.
(b) She is interning for a local newspaper.
(c) In her college cafeteria.
(d) She is a full time student and does not work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does Michael say at Schroon Lake that Corrine remembers twenty-four years later as she sits in Dr. Oakley's office?

2. What does Marianne do when someone draws a nasty picture on the seat of her chair at school?

3. When Patrick calls home in the chapter, "Reverse Prayer," what does he tell Judd he wants to do?

4. Who approaches Corrine at the post office?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Judd's motivation to agree when his brother, Patrick, calls and confirms he is still planning to "extract justice" by possibly killing Zach Lundt?

2. What is the toll on Judd as his siblings leave home?

3. Why is Michael Sr. obsessed with finding the right lawyer for a lawsuit, and what is he actually suing for?

4. What is happening to Michael Sr. when he visits the bar in the Mt. Ephraim Country Club that causes him to throw the contents of his glass of beer into Judge Gerald Kirkland's face?

5. What is revealed about Judd as he watches the dogs rush into the pond as they chase the doe he had been watching?

6. When entering a debate about the war in Vietnam, what is it that Corrine compares that war to, and why?

7. Outside in the building where her mother stores her antiques, Marianne searched for a picture. What is the name of the picture and why is it so important to her?

8. Judd happens upon his father talking to his older brothers about some kind of secret. What is the discussion about and what is the significance of the discussion?

9. What questions are triggered about himself as Patrick thinks about the drawing, "The Huntsman?"

10. As one reads about the Valentine's Dance and Marianne Mulvaney being the only junior elected to the King and Queen's court, what do we learn about her?

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