2. For what does Eric beat Merit, relative to Merit's hair?
(a) She dyed it.
(b) She got it cut.
(c) She braided it without permission.
(d) She forgot to put it up one day.

3. Who is wearing political buttons?
(a) Slip.
(b) Faith.
(c) Merit.
(d) Kari.

4. At the next book club meeting, who do the women discuss?
(a) The devil.
(b) The Easter Bunny.
(c) God.
(d) Santa Claus.

5. What is Slip's brother's name?
(a) Ford.
(b) Foster.
(c) Fred.
(d) Felix.

6. The novel follows the friends over the course of how many years?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

7. What does Audrey tell Faith that she has, which allowed her to know that the baby was in trouble?
(a) A dog that alerts her when the baby is in danger.
(b) Psychic abilities.
(c) Cameras in the baby's room.
(d) A microphone in the baby's crib.

8. How many friends are gathered in a room as the novel opens?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

9. Merit's husband's name is what?
(a) Eric.
(b) Edward.
(c) Ennis.
(d) Edmond.

10. Merit's last name is what?
(a) Allison.
(b) Iverson.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Indleson.

11. Shortly before what holiday Slip learns that her brother has enlisted in the military?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) The Fourth of July.

12. The women are in whose house when they decide to start a book club?
(a) Faith's.
(b) Kari's.
(c) Audrey's.
(d) Slip's.

13. Last year, after what event of Kari's did Eric beat Merit savagely for wearing political buttons?
(a) Christmas party.
(b) New Year's Eve party.
(c) Halloween Party.
(d) Birthday party.

14. Which of the women is planning to adopt a child?
(a) Faith.
(b) Merit.
(c) Kari.
(d) Slip.

15. Slip is miserable from the heat, and upset over the resent death of Martin Luther King Jr. and whom?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Slip's mother.
(d) John Kennedy.