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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. With whom did Trustee’s father have an affair?
(a) The pool boy.
(b) The accountant.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) The gardener.

2. How much does Sugar report having in outstanding student loan debt?
(a) $2,654.
(b) $4,876.
(c) $5,987.
(d) $3,765.

3. what author does Sugar recommend to the mother of a miscarried child?
(a) McCracken.
(b) Patchett.
(c) Carey.
(d) Picoult.

4. What class does Sugar note her mother dropped?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) Physics.

5. At what age does Considering Going Solo report starting to play bass?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first writer whose letter is addressed in the book?

2. To where does Sugar assert all roads lead?

3. What caused Ian’s burns?

4. Which organization’s website does Sugar recommend?

5. What word does Sugar note having coined?

Short Essay Questions

1. What revelation does Sugar’s encounter outside her job in London spur in her?

2. Sugar remarks that disclosing trauma to intimate partners helps to further intimacy. What else does she note it does?

3. Why does Sugar’s mother note being thankful for her ex-husband?

4. What does Sugar offer as the best possible advice for an aspiring writer?

5. What reasons does Sugar posit for Crowded’s sons to resist leaving home?

6. What are the things Sugar asserts Gump does not know he does not know?

7. Why does Sugar hold that Mourning and Raging’s husband offended more fully than her employee?

8. What does Wearing Thin cite as examples of things affected by her student loans?

9. What does Sugar cite as “feminism’s one true failure” (182)?

10. What advice does Sugar offer for merging households?

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