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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. Why does Canoe take the women and their daughters downtown?
(a) To have lunch at a bistro
(b) To go shoe shopping
(c) To have their decorated hats judged
(d) To get ice cream sundaes

2. Where does Barbara hire the photographer?
(a) Olan Mills
(b) The Stone Barn
(c) Sears
(d) Little Cherubs

3. What is a popular character-building tenet when it comes to raising children?
(a) Ignore momentary discomfort
(b) Utilize time-outs
(c) Spank first, ask questions later
(d) Never spank

4. Which holiday is approaching?
(a) Christmas
(b) Easter
(c) Halloween
(d) Hannukkah

5. Canoe notes that ___________ are especially frightened by the hounds.
(a) children
(b) rabbits
(c) squirrels
(d) geese

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the babies at the photo session?

2. What does Viv refer to Big Ben as?

3. What is the most important thing the women think their children should have?

4. Which of the women is pregnant and arrives after the photographer leaves?

5. What do the women eat after the photographer leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of this section?

2. What topics do the women discuss in their group meeting today?

3. How does the author exhibit the circle of life in this section?

4. What is the main entertainment at the birthday party?

5. What is the setting for this section?

6. Describe the sad Christmas spent by the women at the hospice.

7. What do the women worry about regarding Him and their daughters?

8. What is the reason for the party Canoe is hosting today?

9. How does the group meeting at the hospice end on this day?

10. How does Viv reconcile leaving school and getting married?

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