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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. To what famous novel does Colette allude in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Anna Karenina.
(b) The Scarlet Letter.
(c) Tess of the D'Ubervilles.
(d) The Handmaid's Tale.

2. What revelation in Chapter Twenty-One explains the memory gap that Nell has from the night Midas was abducted?
(a) She drank far more than she realized.
(b) Scarlett hit her in the head.
(c) Scarlett drugged her.
(d) She fell on her way out of the bar.

3. What does Scarlett do in an attempt to disable the women's phones?
(a) Smashes them with a hammer.
(b) Squirts them with dish soap.
(c) Tosses them from the balcony.
(d) Microwaves them.

4. What did the real Joshua die from?
(a) Suffocation during delivery.
(b) Shaken baby syndrome.
(c) Infant cardiac arrest.
(d) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

5. What object does the narrator obsess about at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Midas's blanket.
(b) A bottle of pills.
(c) A police car.
(d) A stuffed elephant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it that caused Token to suddenly turn back toward his apartment when he was out walking?

2. At the beginning of Chapter Twenty, where do the police announce they have located Midas's blanket?

3. In Chapter Thirteen, what is Nell seeking when she decides to put her hacking skills to use?

4. Where is the narrator during Chapter Fifteen?

5. What is implied by the remarks Scarlett makes about Daniel after he arrives at the apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Nell's motivations for ignoring her own standards in order to accept and keep the job at Simon French?

2. What item is delivered to all three women--Nell, Francie, and Colette--and what does it contain?

3. What are the implications of the papers that Francie finds in Scarlett's desk drawer?

4. During her questioning of the person she meets at the bar in Chapter Fourteen, what does Francie learn about Winnie?

5. In Chapter Thirteen, what confusion does Nell express about her mental state on the night of July 4th?

6. What frightening event happens while Colette is on the subway, and how does she react?

7. How does Francie injure herself when she is following Token?

8. When Francie enters Winnie's home, what is the detail that she "can't help but notice," and what does this detail imply (265)?

9. How does Francie's mental state both help and hinder the efforts to find Midas?

10. What is Francie sure that the man in the red baseball cap lied to her about, and why is she so certain?

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