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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 are some of Sharon's job duties?
(a) To write a book.
(b) To file papers.
(c) To dictate John's letters.
(d) To run John's life.

2. Where will John have to go on business?
(a) LA.
(b) Gulf Coast.
(c) New York City.
(d) Chicago.

3. What usually doesn't last for John?
(a) Dinners.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Good opportunities

4. What does feeling "better" mean to Kate?
(a) It feels like she is not on the brink of abyss.
(b) Going dancing.
(c) Being happy.
(d) Having a good meal.

5. What happens on the car ride?
(a) They get a long really well.
(b) They have a fight.
(c) They get in a car accident.
(d) They stop and eat at a fancy resturant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the family go the following morning?

2. What does John understand about the plight of this group?

3. What is special about the way Lonnie and John communicate?

4. Where does John suggest they go after swimming?

5. What does the reader think about Kate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the two decide to go once at the Gulf Coast and why is John surprised when they arrive?

2. What does Kate decide to do about her therapist?

3. Does John have anything in common with his mother?

4. What is revealed about John's family in this chapter?

5. What is John searching for as the novel begins?

6. What does John begin to plan on his way back to the office?

7. Where does John invite Kate to go with him? What is her response?

8. What does Sharon try to establish about the trip?

9. Who has Kate started seeing to help with her depression?

10. How does John feel about Walter, Kate's fiance?

(see the answer keys)

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