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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 does Patrick need Judd to do to help him follow through with his plan?
(a) Get some fertilizer from the barn.
(b) Create an alibi for him.
(c) Get some guns from their gun cabinet.
(d) Get a pistol from the nightstand beside their father's bed.

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

3. Who approaches Corrine at the post office?
(a) Rev. Earkin.
(b) Lydia Bethune.
(c) Michael.
(d) Mrs. Weidman.

4. What is written about Mike Jr. as a baby?
(a) Mike Jr. was a demanding baby.
(b) Mike Jr. was a quiet and shy baby.
(c) Mike Jr. was the smallest baby.
(d) Mike Jr. was a lively child who got into things.

5. What is the question that might have been raised about Marianne's phone call for a ride home the day after the Valentine's Dance?
(a) Marianne was supposed to be driven home by someone else.
(b) There was no question to be raised.
(c) Marianne was supposed to be home the night before.
(d) Marianne was supposed to be picked up later.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael say about Corrine's appearance?

2. How does Judd feel about Patrick's plan?

3. How does Corrine say the country club discriminates against her family?

4. Why is Patrick so enthralled by "The Huntsman"?

5. In the chapter, "The Assault," why does Michael Mulvaney go to Mort Lundt's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Corrine learns her daughter had been raped, what does she think about doing to cover for Marianne missing school?

2. Does Patrick set off the stink bomb perfectly timed to coincide with his valedictorian speech? And, if so, what reasons does he have to do it?

3. 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?

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

5. Why is Judd so insistent to find out what has happened to his sister that he put the family in such a turmoil?

6. What is the purpose of putting a lewd drawing on the seat of Marianne's chair in French class, and what happens because of it?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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