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

2. As the novel opens, one of the friends is doing what?
(a) A puzzle.
(b) Eating.
(c) Baking a cake.
(d) Knitting.

3. How do the ladies react when someone mistakes the relationship between them?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They find it funny.
(c) They find it sad.
(d) They don't notice the error.

4. To rebel against Eric, where does Merit hides things?
(a) In her pockets.
(b) In her closet.
(c) Under her bed.
(d) In her hair.

5. Slip's daughter goes by what name?
(a) Flaherty.
(b) Flipper.
(c) Flossy.
(d) Flannery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes up with the name for the book club after hearing the husbands talk?

2. Which of the following is not one of the things the friends are doing, as the novel opens?

3. Faith has just moved from where?

4. The women are in whose house when they decide to start a book club?

5. Merit's baby is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you agree with Merit hiding things in her hair? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think that Eric beats Merit?

3. Kari's baby, Julia, is biracial. How does that affect Kari and those around her?

4. Do you think that Merit is strong or weak?

5. Why does Audrey's ability upset Faith?

6. Define Faith's attitude, as the book opens.

7. How does the book club come by its name?

8. Faith narrates the prologue. What is the significance of Faith's name, as it seems to relate to the book?

9. Describe Kari's home life.

10. How does hiding things in her hair make Merit feel?

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