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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 is the name of the motel that Walter's family owns?
(a) The Weeping Willows.
(b) The Pit Stop.
(c) The Whispering Pines.
(d) The Everglades.

2. When Patty enters her new home at the end of "Mistakes Were Made," she realizes what?
(a) She has made another mistake.
(b) She loves the new home more than the old one.
(c) She wants to live there forever.
(d) She was right to move.

3. The one person Patty particularly adores is whom?
(a) Her neighbor Connie.
(b) Her daughter, Jessica.
(c) Her son, Joey.
(d) Her husband, Walter.

4. Why does Walter begin to unravel in "Good Neighbors"?
(a) He disagrees with the construction.
(b) He does not like Joey's politics.
(c) He dislikes Connie and Carol.
(d) He sees the effect the conflict with Joey is having on Patty.

5. Where is Richard living during the early years of Walter and Patty's marriage?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Amsterdam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Patty originally from?

2. What does Carol's boyfriend do that really upsets Patty in "Good Neighbors"?

3. The reader is informed that the New York Times featured a story of whose disgrace?

4. Joey's business involves selling what?

5. What is the name of the song that Walter wants Richard to write in "Mistakes Were Made"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Richard is invited to stay at the lake house, what is the state of Patty and Walter's marriage?

2. What business does Joey start? What is the outcome of this venture?

3. How do Patty and Richard end up taking a road trip? What happens during that trip?

4. What is The Fiend of Athens, and how do Walter and Patty interpret it?

5. What happens while Patty and Richard are at the lake house?

6. How does Patty's friendship with Eliza end?

7. What is the only information about her past that Patty shares with others?

8. Who is Richard? How does Patty meet him, and what does she think of him?

9. What are Walter's feelings regarding population growth?

10. How do the residents of Ramsey Hill view Patty Berglund?

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