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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 warning does Marianne hear when people pay too much attention to her?
(a) Kindness is only a mask meant to hide evil intentions.
(b) If she accepts undeserved kindness worse things will happen.
(c) If she allowed good things to happen it would work in reverse.
(d) If she allowed kindness she would have to reveal her past.

2. What does an elderly tenant have in the backyard of Judd's new home?
(a) A small garden.
(b) A rabbit pen.
(c) A rocking chair.
(d) A coop of chickens.

3. Why does Marianne leave Penelope Hagstrom's?
(a) Penelope wanted Marianne to become associate director of her foundation.
(b) All the answers are correct.
(c) The woman offered her a higher paid position.
(d) The woman wanted her to help with her poetry.

4. What does Patrick suddenly remember as he drives with Zachary?
(a) The German woodcut "The Huntsman."
(b) The classes he was missing.
(c) His family.
(d) Easter services the next day.

5. Why does Marianne always volunteer to chop onions at the Co-Op?
(a) Because no one else wants to chop them.
(b) To hide her tears.
(c) Because she loves to cook.
(d) Chopping helps get rid of her frustrations.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Marianne watch her grandmother's funeral?

2. What does Corrine say after they scatter her husband's ashes?

3. When does Abelove discover that Marianne has left the Co-Op?

4. Why does Patrick call the Lundts in March?

5. Where does Patrick expect to capture Zachary Lundt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between the relationship that Patrick has with Marianne and the one he has with Judd?

2. What seems to be happening to Corrine in the chapter, "Hard Reckoning?"

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

4. What can be said about Michael Sr.'s life after he leaves Corrine?

5. Why is Abelove upset that Marianne accepts a ride from Hewie Miner to take her to her grandmother's funeral?

6. What does Marianne do when Abelove's assistant, Birk, disappears?

7. What makes Patrick decide to let Zach live?

8. What happens after Michael Sr. files for bankruptcy?

9. How does Judd explain to Patrick about their mother's behavior on Sunday mornings?

10. What does Corrine mean by Marianne's rag-quilt life?

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