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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. Why does Sophie have sex with Joseph on their wedding night?
(a) Because she thinks she might like it.
(b) Because she feels like she owes it to him.
(c) Because she is drunk.
(d) Because he asks her to.

2. How old is Sophie when she meets Joseph?
(a) 18 years old.
(b) 19 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 21 years old.

3. What has arrived for the family the day an outsider joins for supper?
(a) A book.
(b) A cassette.
(c) A CD.
(d) A letter.

4. What do Sophie and her grandmother buy at the market?
(a) Beans.
(b) Bread.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Meat.

5. Why does Sophie not want anybody to see her body?
(a) Because she feels ugly.
(b) Because she has become ashamed of her body .
(c) Because it is none of their business.
(d) Because she has become proud of her body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sophie's made up boyfriend?

2. What does the new supper guest bring as a gift?

3. What question does Joseph ask Sophie when he tells her he is leaving forever?

4. What does Sophie see on the drive out of Croix-des-Rosets?

5. What time is it when Sophie comes home one night and finds her mother waiting for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Sophie and Joseph when she pulls into their house?

2. Sophie talks for the first time about her mother in the conversation with her therapist. What does Sophie say about her mother?

3. What happens during the potluck dinner Atie and Sophie attend in Chapter 1?

4. What happens in when Sophie comes home after talking to her therapist about her mother in Chapter 35?

5. Sophie and Atie have a conversation on the steps when Atie comes home one night. What does Atie talk about?

6. What is Sophie's first year of her marriage like?

7. Why do Sophie's mother and grandmother go to the notary together?

8. Why does Sophie's mother not look happy to be home?

9. What does Sophie's mother tell Sophie after arriving at her mother's house?

10. What does Sophie see after she bathes and changes the baby?

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