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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. In Book Two: Chapter 5, why is the youngest kid in the gas station store parking lot called Sperm Peasley?
(a) He found it amusing to be called by that name.
(b) It is a joke due to his small size and pale appearance.
(c) His parents conceived him with two sheets between them.
(d) He has a pale complexion and looks small.

2. In Book Two: Chapter 3, what happens to Ethel MacPherson?
(a) She dies after Charlene took a leave from work.
(b) She confrontes Charlene about the fling.
(c) She laughs about Charlene's shoe theft.
(d) She accuses Charlene of stealing her shoe.

3. In Book Two: Chapter 2, what happens to Chrissy?
(a) She goes on a vacation.
(b) She moves to a different city.
(c) She gets a promotion at work.
(d) She loses her baby.

4. In Book Two: Chapter 1, what does Lucy recall about an incident involving a young Black man named Abner Louima?
(a) Lucy witnesses the incident personally.
(b) The man is brutally assaulted by a policeman.
(c) Lucy interviews him for a news article.
(d) The man is arrested for protesting.

5. In Book Two: Chapter 5, what does Lucy observe about the changing colors of the leaves?
(a) The colors are influenced by the lack of rain.
(b) The colors are most beautiful in the middle of October.
(c) The colors are vibrant and varied.
(d) The leaves start from the same color and grow differently.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book Two: Chapter 5, what does Lucy's accountant warn her about?

2. In Book Two: Chapter 4, what does William suggest to Lucy?

3. In Book Two: Chapter 4, how does Lucy feel about telling the girls?

4. In Book Two: Chapter 4, how does the protagonist feel about her childhood isolation?

5. In Book Two: Chapter 4, why does William hesitate to tell the girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book 2: Chapter 1, what causes William to weep?

2. In Book 2: Chapter 5, why is William upset about his grandfather's money?

3. In Book 2: Chapter 5, what theory does Lucy have about people who have losses and then think they are owed something?

4. In Book 2: Chapter 3, what does Bob Burgess and Lucy do while William went to meet Lois Bubar?

5. In Book 2: Chapter 2, what is significant about the location where the group sits for their picnic?

6. In Book 2: Chapter 1, what is the narrator's experience of going to the grocery store during the pandemic?

7. In Book 2: Chapter 2, what is the connection between Katherine's father and Bob's father?

8. In Book 2: Chapter 4, what does the narrator's mother warn her about concerning her daughters?

9. In Book 2: Chapter 4, who is Bob, and how does he make the narrator feel?

10. In Book 2: Chapter 4, what is William's tower and what does it symbolize to him?

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