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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jane's mother?

2. In Chapter 6, how many best friends does Jane's mother have?

3. What does Perry do for a living?

4. What does Madeline have before her book club in Chapter 40?

5. In Chapter 31 when Jane remembered going to Saxon's room, what did they drink?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how does Melissa describe seeing Celeste, Perry, and the twins on the beach during school holidays?

2. Why did Jane decide to become a bookkeeper?

3. In Chapter 16, what does Madeline tell Ed that she thought her ex-husband's punishment for walking out on her and Abigail would be?

4. What does Madeline learn when she searches for the name Saxon Banks on the internet?

5. In Chapter 19, how does Madeline tell Ed that she felt when she was a single mom?

6. In Chapter 1, where does Mrs. Ponder live and why?

7. How does Madeline twist her ankle in Chapter 2?

8. In Chapter 8, what is Abigail doing with her dad and his new family on Christmas morning?

9. Why does Madeline think there should be a law that ex-husbands had to live in different suburbs in Chapter 24?

10. In Chapter 23, how does Madeline create a rift between herself and Renata?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Someone is bullying girls in the kindergarten class. Why is Ziggy accused of the bullying, and why does he not tell everyone who the bully is?

Essay Topic 2

Madeline gets tickets to a Disney on Ice show. How is Madeline’s decision to get the tickets and share them with other kindergarten parents an action of revenge? Why does Madeline feel that she needs to get even with Renata?

Essay Topic 3

The author describes various marriages in the novel. What marriages does the author highlight in the book? What does the author reveal about marriage through the relationships various characters have with their spouses?

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