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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alice doing when Felix comes to see her in her room in Chapter 13?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Typing an email.

2. What does Alice do for a living?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Hairdresser.
(c) Writer.
(d) Landscaper.

3. Where does Eileen work?
(a) An accountancy firm.
(b) A literary magazine.
(c) A law office.
(d) A hospital.

4. In Chapter 11, why does Mary call Eileen?
(a) To ask her to bring some groceries home.
(b) To ask her to try to talk to her sister Lola about Lola's wedding invitation list.
(c) To tell her her childhood pet dog has died.
(d) To tell her her father has died.

5. What does Felix tell Alice he thinks about in his bedroom at night in Rome?
(a) Her.
(b) His past.
(c) His ex-boyfriend.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

6. What does Eileen say to Alice in her letter about Felix?
(a) Felix sounds like he has a lot of financial problems.
(b) Felix sounds problematic.
(c) Felix sounds nice.
(d) Alice is being coy about Felix.

7. Who does Eileen sit with at the bar in Chapter 7?
(a) Simon.
(b) Paula.
(c) Henry.
(d) Richard.

8. How old are both Eileen and Alice?
(a) 40.
(b) 29.
(c) 35.
(d) 23.

9. Where does Felix invite Alice in Chapter 4?
(a) His work party.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) His friend Danielle's.
(d) His brother's wedding.

10. Where does Felix's ex-girlfriend from his teenage years have to go for an abortion?
(a) Luxemborg.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

11. When does Eileen tell Alice she thinks humans lost their instinct for beauty?
(a) About 1980.
(b) About 2005.
(c) About 1976.
(d) About 1942.

12. What did Simon suffer from in his youth?
(a) Lack of friends.
(b) Homelessness.
(c) Seizures.
(d) Cancer.

13. What does an elderly man at the event Eileen is at in Chapter 7 tell her?
(a) She should be out having fun.
(b) She should be traveling.
(c) She should be married.
(d) She should be reading and writing poetry herself.

14. What does Alice dislike about her success as a writer?
(a) The jealousy it has wrought.
(b) She does not know how to spend her money.
(c) The pressures of fame it has brought.
(d) The constant doubt she has in the people around her.

15. What city does Alice tell Eileen Dublin is more expensive to live in than?
(a) Berlin.
(b) New York.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eileen go after her night out in Chapter 11?

2. What does Felix's friend Mich say jokingly about his trip to Rome?

3. What does Alice tell Felix she does constantly in Chapter 4?

4. What is Eileen's sister doing in the coming months in Chapter 3?

5. Where does Alice live in Chapter 1?

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