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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at Melissa's professional meeting in Chapter 13?
(a) She is offered a new job.
(b) She gets a promotion.
(c) She is told to contact a different editor about work opportunities.
(d) She loses her job.

2. What does Melissa say about marriage in Chapter 12?
(a) She says she is never getting married.
(b) She says she wants to marry Damian.
(c) She says she has been married twice and it never worked out.
(d) She says she wants to marry Michael.

3. Who does Damian see at his father's grave in Chapter 14?
(a) Alice.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Joyce.

4. What is Melissa's new job in Chapter 15?
(a) Teaching journalism at an adult education college.
(b) Copy-editing magazine articles.
(c) Catering.
(d) Writing advertising copy for a cosmetics company.

5. Where is Michael staying in Chapter 11?
(a) The Walton.
(b) The Queen's Hotel in Crystal Palace.
(c) The Regent Beverly Wiltshire.
(d) The Ritz.

6. Where is Melissa's new flat in Chapter 15?
(a) Brixton.
(b) Charing Cross.
(c) Islington.
(d) Gipsy Hill.

7. Who witnesses Michael's and Melissa's fight in Chapter 9?
(a) Alice.
(b) Ria.
(c) Damian.
(d) Blake.

8. Where does Melissa go when she flees from her house in fear and confusion?
(a) To Damian's house.
(b) To Cornelius's house.
(c) To her mother, Alice's house.
(d) To Hazel's apartment.

9. What does Melissa tell Damian about Michael?
(a) That he never really loved their children.
(b) That he has moved out temporarily.
(c) That he has moved out of the country.
(d) That he has quit his job.

10. What does Melissa feed Damian when he comes to her house in Chapter 10?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Rice.
(c) Couscous.
(d) Stew.

11. What is Damian reading in Chapter 12?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) Middlemarch.

12. Why is Michael resistant to Melissa's idea of moving to the suburbs?
(a) He thinks the suburbs are too far away from his family.
(b) He thinks the schools are not as good in the suburbs.
(c) He thinks the suburbs are too expensive.
(d) He thinks there are not enough people of color in the suburbs.

13. Where does Melissa see Michael again in the end of Chapter 15?
(a) At Alice's house.
(b) On vacation in Jamaica, where they first met.
(c) The Wiley's New Year's Eve party.
(d) Hazel's apartment.

14. In Chapter 8, where does Michael go for his work Christmas party?
(a) Islington.
(b) Sussex.
(c) Brixton.
(d) Mayfair.

15. Who is Ethan's brother?
(a) Damian.
(b) Michael.
(c) Ian.
(d) Justin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ria's hair catch fire in Chapter 8?

2. What does Damian say is the title of his novel?

3. Who is Melissa's oldest sister?

4. What does the whole group of friends do together in the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. Where does Michael often shop for Melissa on his way home from work?

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