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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aunt Ida gets angry when Rayona calls her what?
(a) Injun.
(b) Grandma.
(c) Ida.
(d) Auntie.

2. What does Christine leave behind in one of the many apartments she rushes to move out of?
(a) A picture of her and Lee.
(b) Her marriage license.
(c) Rayona's birth certificate.
(d) The last letter from Lee.

3. Growing up, Rayona likes the __________ of her father.
(a) Height.
(b) Color.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Smell.

4. What is covering Lee's coffin in Aunt Ida's living room?
(a) A tablecloth.
(b) A buffalo skin.
(c) A flag.
(d) An Indian blanket.

5. What is the name of Pauline's son, who Christine thinks is a brat?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Kenneth.

6. What does Aunt Ida come to Dayton's house to tell Christine?
(a) She is sick.
(b) Rayona runs away.
(c) Charlene sends a package.
(d) Elgin calls.

7. What is the most valuable thing Christine tells Rayona she has?
(a) Rings.
(b) Life insurance.
(c) State Farm insurance.
(d) Video membership.

8. What does Aunt Ida give to Christine when she comes to Dayton's for dinner?
(a) Her yearbook.
(b) Lee's brass buckle.
(c) Lee's diary.
(d) More pills.

9. What is the name of the bar where Christine is a regular and takes Rayona?
(a) Melrose.
(b) Silver Bullet.
(c) Laughing Moose.
(d) Brewsters.

10. What kind of dressing does Christine order on her salad when she goes out with Dayton after Lee's funeral?
(a) Italian.
(b) Ranch.
(c) Green Goddess.
(d) Thousand Island.

11. What does the inside of Dayton's house smell like to Christine?
(a) Lee.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Death.
(d) Newness.

12. The way Aunt Ida is singing while working in her front yard reminds Christine of whom?
(a) Janis Joplin.
(b) Chubby Checker.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Stevie Wonder.

13. What is the name of the Catholic funeral service for Lee?
(a) Last Communion.
(b) Final Mass.
(c) First Communion.
(d) Requium Mass.

14. Who holds the flag during the veteran flag ceremony for Lee?
(a) Aunt Ida.
(b) Christine.
(c) Old Vernon.
(d) Willard.

15. What is Rayona's middle name?
(a) Doris.
(b) Dana.
(c) Daphne.
(d) Diane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What eight-track tape is playing in the pickup as Christine flees Aunt Ida's?

2. As Christine jumps into the pickup to get away from Aunt Ida's house, what does she smell?

3. What is Rayona and Christine's favorite billboard in Seattle?

4. Who does Aunt Ida come to Seattle to visit in the hospital?

5. When Christine sees Aunt Ida, as they approached her house on foot, she is surprised to see Aunt Ida wearing what?

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