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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 is Michael Sr. greeted when he enters the Yankee Doodle Tap Room?
(a) His old friends say hello and even strangers nod.
(b) A few men nod, but most people try to ignore him.
(c) The bartender tells him that he isn't welcome there anymore.
(d) One person pats him on the back and asks how Corrine is.

2. What does Corrine think Michael is doing when he talks to an attorney?
(a) Planning a cival lawsuit against Zachary Lundt.
(b) Preparing a defense for what he plans to do.
(c) Planning to divorce her.
(d) Getting a will drawn up.

3. What is said about Judd as a baby?
(a) Judd was devoted to his older siblings.
(b) All the answers are correct.
(c) Judd was a perfectly adorable baby.
(d) Marianne helped take care of him.

4. How does Judd feel about Patrick's plan?
(a) He's afraid Patrick won't do it right.
(b) He's uncertain Patrick is strong enough to do it.
(c) He thinks Patrick will change his mind.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

5. The night Patrick is out with his friends, who does Patrick think he sees?
(a) Mike Jr.
(b) Zachary Lundt.
(c) Mick Jaggar.
(d) Judd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marianne like to do ironing?

2. Why is Marianne disturbed about "Feathers", their bird?

3. What is written about Marianne as a baby?

4. What does Corrine say leads her mother and her to safety in the snow storm?

5. What does the woodcut make Patrick wonder about himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter, "Imminent Mortality", how does Michael Sr. react to the news that his daughter has been raped?

2. What does the title of the story imply in comparison to the title of the first chapter, "Storybook House?"

3. What is the family code discussed in the chapter by the same title, and in what way does Marianne break the code?

4. What upsets Corrine when she finds a matchbook in Michael's pants pocket from the Wolf's Head Inn?

5. 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?

6. What happens at the rock concert that Patrick attends that Judd believes sets off a long series of criminal events in which he assisted Patrick?

7. Marianne repeats the same words over and over again that she can't remember what happened the night of the dance, and that she can't give testimony against Zach. However, in the chapter, "The Penitent," there is a hint at another thing that could motivate her not to testify. What is that?

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

9. What exactly does Patrick mean when he says "execution of justice?"

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

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