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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 Anita and the woman in #164 have in common?
(a) They have the same middle name.
(b) They both are left-handed.
(c) They are both the baby of their families.
(d) They grew up on poor farms.

2. Jeanine has no success in seducing ____________________.
(a) the ship's captain.
(b) a stranger on the ship.
(c) her husband.
(d) her dinner date.

3. What rumor had Anita and Margot heard about one of Teresa's miscarriages?
(a) She threw herself against a table to dislodge the baby.
(b) She fell down a flight of stairs.
(c) She tripped on a rug and fell.
(d) She had an abortion, not a miscarriage.

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

5. Who are Austin's children?
(a) Maria and Don.
(b) Megan and Brent.
(c) Megan and Don.
(d) Mollie and Brian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Georgia decide she would do if she had her life to live over?

2. Which couple also attended a dinner party at Maya and Raymond's house?

3. How old is Georgia?

4. Which of the following does Averill NOT do on deck each night?

5. Who does Anita's mother tell Anita is having an affair with Reuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of world does the boat at night represent for Averill, and how does she incorporate the captain into this world?

2. How did Georgia meet Maya and Raymond as well as Hilda and Harvey? What secret does Georgia learn about the marriages of these two couples?

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

4. How did Margot get even with Reuel after his affair with their babysitter and manage to get all the things she had ever wanted in life?

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

6. Who is Georgia, where has she traveled to at the beginning of the story, and who does she meet right away?

7. What is Joan's married life like and what does she learn about the relationship between Morris and Matilda?

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

9. Explain what Averill does every night on board the ship.

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

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