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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. Where does Sloane live?
(a) New York City.
(b) Newport, Rhode Island.
(c) Burlington, Vermont.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2. How long were Maggie's parents, Arlene and Mark, married?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 25 years.

3. In the first section focused on Lina in Part II, where does her women's discussion group meet?
(a) At Lina's house.
(b) At the library.
(c) At Lina's doctor's office.
(d) At one of the women's houses.

4. How old is the man Maggie becomes involved with in Hawaii?
(a) 22.
(b) 31.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

5. Why do Sloane and her husband decide to open a restaurant in the area they do?
(a) Because the service and food there in high season are sub-par, in their opinion.
(b) Because the rents are cheap.
(c) Because they will not have to work very hard to be successful.
(d) Because it is a place where people only like one kind of food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which writer does Taddeo quote at the very beginning of the book?

2. What movie does Lina see the very first time she goes out with the boy she has an intense crush on in high school?

3. Which teacher at West Fargo High School does Aaron Knodel sometimes socialize with outside of school?

4. How many months does Lina silently give her husband Ed to try to initiative physical intimacy with her before she will leave him in the first section focused on Lina in Part II?

5. What is the gossip in Sloane's town about Sloane's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sloane's and Richard's first threesome come about?

2. When does Maggie start to think that Mr. Knodel's texts are becoming a bit strange for a student-teacher relationship?

3. What does Mr. Knodel tell Maggie about what happened to her in Hawaii?

4. Why do Sloane and Richard decide to start their own restaurant in Newport?

5. What do some people think is Maggie's motivation for accusing Aaron Knodel of a crime?

6. What does Lina tell her support group that she thinks created her emotional loneliness?

7. Why does Maggie dress and do her makeup carefully as she prepares for her first day attending the trial of Aaron Knodel?

8. What does Maggie do in Hawaii that changes how her family views her when she gets back from the trip?

9. What does Lina tell her women's support group that makes them all see her differently?

10. How does Maggie confide in Mr. Knodel about what happened to her in Hawaii?

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