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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. Who lives with Rachel?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her ex-boyfriend's daughter.
(c) Her old college roommate.
(d) Her best friend from college.

2. What color is the ribbon Nadia leaves out in honor of Saul?
(a) Violet.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

3. Who is Bud's girlfriend at the end of his college years at UMASS?
(a) Sara.
(b) Casey.
(c) Elanor.
(d) Trudy.

4. What does Nadia ask Rachel about marriage one day?
(a) How do you not fight with someone all the time?
(b) How do people decide what to put up with?
(c) How do you share expenses in a marriage?
(d) How do people fall in love?

5. Why do Lizzie and Bud eventually break up?
(a) He steals money from Lizzie.
(b) He sleeps with Dale, Lizzie's roommate.
(c) He runs out of money and has to return home.
(d) He runs away and does not tell Lizzie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Frankie the most about returning to the U.S.?

2. After Frankie gives birth and almost dies, what animal does she hallucinate seeing in the hospital?

3. What is Tara named after?

4. After Nepal, where do Tara and her family move?

5. What is Rachel's brother sick with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Nadia and Rachel first meet Ethan, Kirk's new boyfriend.

2. Rachel describes her brother as "a total pill." How does Saul's illness affect his character?

3. By the end of Chapter 4, how does Rachel feel about her brother moving back in with Kirk and now Ethan?

4. How does Tara describe her parents' relationship with money?

5. What does Saul tell Rachel is one reason why Kirk wants them to break up after Saul is diagnosed with cancer?

6. What happens when Bud runs away from home for the first time?

7. How does Tara describe her childhood upbringing in Kathmandu?

8. What does Tara's friend, Tracey, make a film about and how does Tara feel about it?

9. What story does Bud tell Lizzie and her roommates after he runs away to her apartment?

10. What does Tara's father, Matthew, do for a living once in Kathmandu?

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