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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. What do Larry and Sid do after Sally goes to bed?
(a) Go bowling
(b) Go to a movie
(c) Go to a bar
(d) Take a walk

2. What is Larry doing as Part 1: Chapter 9 begins?
(a) Taking a walk
(b) Teaching a class
(c) Monitoring Sally's contraction
(d) Writing a book review

3. Where do Larry and Sally go with the Langs to celebrate?
(a) Out to dinner
(b) On a picnic
(c) A long weekend trip
(d) Dinner and dancing

4. What concerns Sally about her appearance?
(a) Her dress isn't right
(b) She needs a haircut
(c) She has a run in her stocking
(d) Her shoes need polished

5. In January, what do Charity and Sally do in spite of being very pregnant?
(a) Go square dancing
(b) Host an art auction
(c) Go ice skating
(d) Hold a book sale

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Larry write so much during his first year of teaching?

2. What is the name of Sid and Charity's firstborn child?

3. What is Sid and Charity's last name?

4. Where do the Langs and the Morgans go after their afternoon classes?

5. What concerns Sid about Charity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that gives Larry a bad premonition?

2. How does Charity attempt to manage Sid's career?

3. Describe the range of emotions that Larry experiences within a 24-hour period.

4. In spite of their challenges, what is the state of Larry and Sally's marriage?

5. How does Sid feel about his teaching job?

6. How do the Morgans and Langs celebrate one of Larry's early literary successes?

7. Explain the flashback that the author uses in Part 1: Chapter 2.

8. How does the evening of the party end for the Morgans and the Langs?

9. In addition to the enthusiastic welcome, what else strikes Larry and Sally about Sid and Charity Lang?

10. What is the setting for the beginning of the novel?

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