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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. How many minutes is the total length of the pornographic video that upsets George?
(a) 30.
(b) 15.
(c) 45.
(d) 60.

2. During H's third visit to George's house, George asks H if she thinks that dead people have what?
(a) Memories.
(b) Naps.
(c) Goals.
(d) Clothes.

3. George notes that the Italian town with the museum has what two qualities?
(a) It is beautiful and ugly.
(b) It is ancient and intricate.
(c) It is bright and grim.
(d) It is bright and shiny.

4. In what city does George currently live with her father and her brother Henry?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Nice.

5. George's mother told George that Lisa's attention had turned from flattering to what?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Scary.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Obsessive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of seating is provided within the room at the museum where Francesco's painting is hung?

2. George suspects that her brother Henry has what quality within his identity?

3. What term had George's mother used to describe the chances of Francesco having been a female artist?

4. Which character redefines the word "mystery" for George, describing it as originally having meant "a closing" (184)?

5. Which piece of information did George's mother forget during their visit to the museum, causing George to want to look it up on her mother's phone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clues led George to think that her mother had been put under surveillance prior to her death?

2. How did George's mother react to George's confession about Lisa?

3. In what ritual does George begin to engage while sitting in her garden each day?

4. What does George tell her father after he discovers her in the garden engaging in her daily ritual?

5. Give an example of a piece of dialogue in How to Be Both that reflects the theme of connection.

6. What two contradictory terms does George use to describe the atmosphere of the Italian town called Ferrara that she had visited with her mother and brother Henry?

7. What timeline does George provide on the first page of the section entitled Eyes and what is its significance?

8. Explain the revelation that is finally made about the source of George's incessant feelings of "guilt and fury" (210) that result in repetitive thoughts.

9. Describe the conversation George has with Mrs. Rock about her mother's criticism of a certain politician.

10. Discuss a metaphor Smith uses to indicate George's concern that she may be unable to love.

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