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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. Why is Della Rae considered a "dirty girl"?
(a) She likes to drink.
(b) She has a foul mouth.
(c) She has poor hygiene and is promiscuous.
(d) She plays in the dirt.

2. Who is Muffin?
(a) A dog.
(b) A goat.
(c) A cat.
(d) A bird.

3. What is significant about the dress Marianne wears to the Valentine's Dance?
(a) The dress is an altered dress that had once been Corrine's.
(b) Marianne sewed the dress herself.
(c) Her mother suprised her with the dress.
(d) Marianne and her mother shopped for it together.

4. What does the woodcut make Patrick wonder about himself?
(a) Why did the man in the picture look like him?
(b) Was he no different than any other human being?
(c) Was he coded, like other males, to hunt and kill?
(d) Would he ever be able to take a hunting trip to Canada?

5. What does Corrine think about her daughter after talking with Mrs. Bethune?
(a) She wondered if her daughter wanted to switch churches.
(b) She hadn't a clue there was a problem with her daughter.
(c) She wondered if her daughter was sick.
(d) She'd known something had been wrong but didn't want to investigate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Judd asks his mother if Marianne is sick?

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

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

4. What does Patrick need Judd to do to help him follow through with his plan?

5. Which of the Mulvaney children is said to be the most natural Christian?

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

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

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. 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?

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

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

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. 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?

10. 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?

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