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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. Georgia travels to see the husband of her recently deceased friend, _______________.
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Maya.
(c) Delores.
(d) Magda.

2. Why has Anita come to the small town where she grew up?
(a) To attend a funeral.
(b) To go to a family reunion.
(c) To attend a friend's wedding.
(d) To take care of her dying mother.

3. What does Averill do that surprises the captain?
(a) Sings the same hymn that the sister in his story sang.
(b) Offers to teach him how to waltz.
(c) Sings in the lounge after dinner.
(d) Kisses him when she sees him on deck.

4. What does Georgia decide she would do if she had her life to live over?
(a) She would not have married.
(b) She would have moved to Paris.
(c) She would do the same things.
(d) She would have had children.

5. Who is the friend who Anita visits in her hometown?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Margot.
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeanine has no success in seducing ____________________.

2. What rumor had Anita and Margot heard about one of Teresa's miscarriages?

3. What does the man in #147 take Georgia to see?

4. The captain's story surprises Averill because _________________________.

5. What reason does Maya give Georgia for Miles coming to Maya's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Austin Cobbett and what is a woman named Karin helping him do as the story begins?

2. How does Margot keep Reuel in line now that she had spotted him with their young babysitter, Lana?

3. What story does the captain tell about two sister who once traveled on the ship?

4. What does an older and divorced Joan learn about Matilda when she returns home to tend to her mother's grave?

5. Why are the circumstances of Austin's death unclear and what speculation could occur about it?

6. What sad event does the snowstorm prompt Karin to recall and why does she take Austin to the lake to photograph the ice?

7. Give some examples of how the author uses the theme of escape in this story.

8. Who are June (Bugs) and Averill and what are they doing as the story begins?

9. What was the source of the falling out between Georgia and Maya, causing them to never speak again?

10. What does this story say about uneven love in relationships, especially in the case of Maya's husband, Raymond?

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