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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Emily move with Jack?
(a) Emily moves because she wants to write a book.
(b) In hopes of enriching their relationship and getting married.
(c) Jack asks her to marry him.
(d) She is offered a job.

2. Who does Jack believe is his rival?
(a) A poet from New York.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Another poet working at his university.

3. Why does Sarah abandon the book she was working on?
(a) Because Emily is not supportive.
(b) Because her husband tells her it's a dumb idea.
(c) Because she is no longer interested in the subject.
(d) Because she would have to travel to Montana.

4. Who is the first character mentioned in The Easter Parade?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Emily.
(c) Tony Wilson.
(d) Pookie.

5. In what season does Jack decide to take Emily on a trip?
(a) In summer.
(b) In fall.
(c) In spring.
(d) In winter.

6. Who is Tony Wilson?
(a) The upstairs neighbor's son.
(b) Sarah's boss.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A local celebrity.

7. Emily runs into a soldier looking for what?
(a) His father.
(b) A restaurant called Lola's.
(c) A jazz bar called Nick's.
(d) The movie theater.

8. Who becomes pregnant in Chapter 4?
(a) Tony's mother.
(b) Pookie.
(c) Emily.
(d) Sarah.

9. What happens prior to Emily's decision to divorce her husband?
(a) Emily travels to Europe.
(b) Emily publishes a book.
(c) Emily visits Tony and Sarah.
(d) She visits her mother.

10. What does Emily decide to do when she and Jack return home from their trip?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Write an article.
(c) Leave Jack.
(d) Visit Sarah.

11. Where does Pookie move in Part 2: Chapter 2?
(a) To Montana.
(b) An apartment over a agarage.
(c) To Iowa.
(d) Into the city.

12. How does Emily get home from school?
(a) Emily walks with the other neighborhood children.
(b) Emily's mother picks her up.
(c) Emily rides the school bus.
(d) Sarah walks Emily home.

13. What state is Sarah planning to do research in for her project?
(a) Iowa.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) Montana.

14. After Sarah graduates from high school, she gets a job working where?
(a) On the Wendell L. Wilkie campaign.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) At a radio station.
(d) At the local newspaper.

15. Why does Emily's family push her to do this?
(a) They are shocked at her desire to stay single.
(b) They want grandchildren.
(c) They want her to become a teacher.
(d) They want her to stay home with her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Andrew Crawford?

2. What do Emily and Sarah have to contend with Pookie about?

3. What is Emily and Sarah's father's profession?

4. What do Emily and Jack begin to do soon after they meet?

5. What does Emily explain to the neighborhood children?

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