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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sasha have in Chapter 7 while Elizabeth gets the girls ready for school?
(a) Eggs and toast.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Orange juice.

2. Who does Elizabeth talk to about the second-hand reports of a professor who is molesting his students in Chapter 4?
(a) Another professor.
(b) Head of the department.
(c) A dean.
(d) Melissa.

3. Where does Elizabeth make up a bed for Sasha in Chapter 7?
(a) Couch in the living room.
(b) Futon in the girls' room.
(c) Couch in the back room.
(d) Recliner in the living room.

4. In Chapter 7, what is Sasha doing when Elizabeth considers going to her?
(a) Reading.
(b) Pacing the floor.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Crying and using the breast pump.

5. How long did Elizabeth stay in Southeast Asia when she was 22 and Sasha went home?
(a) 7 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

6. How old would Sasha's baby be in Chapter 7 if she had lived?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

7. Where do Iffy's brother's live?
(a) Out west.
(b) Denver.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Midwest.

8. What time on Tuesday in Chapter 4, does the baby cry and start to vomit?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 2:30 a.m.
(d) 1:30 a.m.

9. What language was Sasha learning when she was 23?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Russian.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Mandarin.

10. In Chapter 7, at what time does Elizabeth wake her husband so they can be intimate?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) Midnight.

11. How much did Elizabeth's girls weigh when they were born?
(a) Over 9 pounds.
(b) Around 8 pounds.
(c) Around 10 pounds.
(d) Over 7 pounds.

12. How much younger is Kayla's little brother than she?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 3 years.

13. What does Josslyn's daughter do for a living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Architect.
(d) Nurse practitioner.

14. What does Elizabeth say to Sasha when she goes to her in the night in Chapter 7?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Platitudes.
(c) Stories of her girls.
(d) Memories.

15. In what country was Sasha when she was 23, was pregnant, and decided to go home?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Philippines.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Cambodia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Magda Szabo awarded one of Hungary's most prestigious literary awards and then the prize was rescinded?

2. In Chapter 4, how far does Elizabeth have to carry the four-year-old home because she is too sick to get in a car or ride the train?

3. What does Sasha smell when she gets to Elizabeth's apartment in Chapter 7?

4. How much is Elizabeth's husband offered for his sperm?

5. How old was Elizabeth's four-year-old when Elizabeth's mother first came to see her?

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