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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 does Corrine find out that Marianne has been raped?
(a) The boy who raped her told her.
(b) Mother's intuition.
(c) Doctor Oakley told her.
(d) Marianne told her.

2. What is written about Marianne as a baby?
(a) Marianne was their miracle baby; very easy going.
(b) Marianne was a demanding baby.
(c) Marianne was the largest baby.
(d) Marianne was a lively child.

3. When Patrick calls home in the chapter, "Reverse Prayer," what does he tell Judd he wants to do?
(a) Get even.
(b) Get sweet revenge.
(c) Execute justice.
(d) He wants an eye for an eye.

4. What happens when Michael sees Zachary Lundt?
(a) Michael smiles and asks Zachary to talk to him.
(b) Michael asks Zachary if he raped Marianne.
(c) Michael pulls a knife and tries to stab Zachary.
(d) When Michael sees Zachary he is overcome with rage and attacks Zachary.

5. What does Michael say about Corrine's appearance?
(a) She should buy some new clothes.
(b) She should wear some makeup.
(c) All the answers are correct.
(d) She needed to have her hair cut and styled.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter titled "Phase," what does Michael Sr. begin doing late at night?

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

3. Where does Michael Mulvaney Sr. go in the chapter titled "Dignity?"

4. Who is P.J.?

5. What is the name of Marianne's horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What does Judd reveal in the extremely short chapter, "Gone?"

4. What is revealed about the experience of Michael Sr. and Corrine becoming parents to their four children?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. What is Michael's reaction when Mort Lundt explains that he grounded his son for six weeks as though what his son did was bad, but not criminal?

9. What kind of relationship does Michael Sr. have with his own father?

10. 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?

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