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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 many hours does Marianne work at the Co-Op a week?
(a) Fifty or sixty.
(b) Thirty or forty.
(c) Forty or fifty.
(d) Sixty or seventy.

2. The last time Marianne speaks to her mother, what does Corrine call Marianne's life?
(a) A waste.
(b) Strange.
(c) A rag-quilt life.
(d) Admirable.

3. What has been happening to Marianne since her father's death?
(a) She has moved on a few more times.
(b) She is living with Corrine.
(c) She and Witt are happily married with two children.
(d) After moving to Pittsburgh she is finally settling down.

4. What does Zachary do when Patrick stops his car and points a rifle at him?
(a) He wets himself.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) He begs not to be shot.
(d) He cries.

5. What happens after Patrick changes his thesis topic three times?
(a) He was told he could not change his mind again.
(b) He was told he had to do exactly what his adviser wanted or drop the course.
(c) He was notified he'd been assigned a new adviser.
(d) He was notified he was failing the course.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't Marianne take with her?

2. After the farm sells, where do Michael, Corrine, and Judd move?

3. Who is the professor who serves as Patrick's adviser in college?

4. What member of the family is missing at Michael Mulvaney Sr.'s funeral?

5. Why does Patrick call the Lundts in March?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter, "Tears," what is it that Marianne is patiently waiting for?

2. What happens to Michael Sr. that finally initiates the phone call Marianne has been waiting for from her mother?

3. Why does Marianne run away from the Green Isle Co-Op without a word to anyone?

4. At what kind of place is Judd as he heads to the Fourth of July celebration in 1993?

5. What makes Patrick decide to let Zach live?

6. Why does Marianne leave Penelope Hagstrom's?

7. At what kind of place in her life is Corrine as she plans for the Fourth of July celebration in 1993?

8. While he waits for Zach Lundt to come out of the Cobb's Corner bar, who besides Zach Lundt does Patrick also think about shooting?

9. How does Patrick explain to Judd the reason he doesn't want to see their parents?

10. What happens when Judd tries to protect his mother from his father's abuse?

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