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

2. What does Michael do for what seems no apparent reason while at the Yankee Doodle Tap Room?
(a) He tears up his membership card and throws it at the club president.
(b) He gets up and sings "Yankee Doodle."
(c) He throws the contents of his beer glass in Judge Gerald Kirkland's face.
(d) He gets so drunk he passes out.

3. Who does Corrine depend on to tell her when there are problems or "situations" with her children?
(a) Michael Jr.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Judd.
(d) Michael Sr.

4. Why is Marianne disturbed about "Feathers", their bird?
(a) She doesn't think it should be in a cage.
(b) She doesn't like the bird being loose.
(c) She thinks birds spread germs.
(d) She wants Feathers for her own.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Corrine learn her husband has been spending time?

2. After looking all over the bus terminal for Marianne, where does Patrick find her?

3. What does the ringing of the cowbell signify to the Mulvaney family?

4. What does Judd realize as he listens to his heartbeat?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What role does Marianne's brother Patrick play the night of the Valentine's Dance that haunts him years after that night?

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. What does Lydia Bethune tell Corrine about Marianne and what bothers her the most about the revelation?

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