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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 does Daphne think she and Alice have in common?
(a) A despair over men taking care of them.
(b) A longing for maternal caretakers.
(c) A history of walking away from work.
(d) An affection for the stony western landscape.

2. What story does Alice first tell Daphne, about how her husband died?
(a) He was killed in Afghanistan.
(b) He died in a car wreck.
(c) He immolated himself in political protest.
(d) He died saving her from a wild boar.

3. What novel does Daphne check out of the library?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) Crime and Punishment.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

4. What does Alice say her profession was, before she had kids?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Homemaker.
(d) Teacher.

5. How does Daphne say Alice looks by the time they get to Surprise Pass?
(a) Content.
(b) Desperate.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Alice have?

2. How long had Daphne known Engin in Turkey, before her mother got sick and she returned home?

3. What does Alice call her car?

4. Why does Daphne say she can only have one beer at Antelope Meadows?

5. What does Daphne say she loses faith in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daphne injure herself?

2. What is Daphne’s epiphany about motherhood in Day 9?

3. What is the authorities’ response to the State of Jefferson movement?

4. What crisis do Daphne’s coworkers contact her about, and how does she resolve it?

5. What is Daphne’s final reaction to the stress and strain of her road trip?

6. What kind of exit strategy does Daphne imagine for herself?

7. How do Daphne and Alice end up joining forces for the trip to Camp Cooville?

8. What kind of child-care arrangements does Alice say she and her husband had made?

9. How does Alice describe her strategy for surviving after the death of her children?

10. What is Daphne’s reaction when she hears the board of supervisors’ vote?

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