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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 company did Elizabeth's husband work for when the markets crashed?
(a) Citigroup.
(b) BanxCorp.
(c) Lehman Brothers.
(d) Fenway Partners.

2. In Chapter 2, what is the name of the tenth grade girl who walks out of class because of anxiety?
(a) Zoe.
(b) Megan.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Kayla.

3. How long ago did Elizabeth start the job she has in Chapter 1?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

4. In Chapter 2 when Sasha was seeing a busboy, when did he stop returning her calls?
(a) Several months.
(b) A couple weeks.
(c) After a few days.
(d) After a month.

5. Where does Elizabeth go when the crisis with her older daughter is solved in Chapter 1 before she gets to the school?
(a) Guggenheim.
(b) Metropolitan.
(c) MoMA.
(d) Cooper Hewitt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the building where Elizabeth works in Chapter 1 from the subway?

2. When Elizabeth and her husband are at bankruptcy court, how much did a man borrow on his house to open a salad bar and deli?

3. Why is Elizabeth getting a piggyback ride at the beginning of the novel?

4. Who does Elizabeth have breakfast with at the Village in Chapter 2?

5. When Elizabeth skips her run in Chapter 2, what exercise video does she try to do instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kayla, and why does Elizabeth have to look for her in Chapter 2?

2. Who is Elizabeth's favorite neighbor in her apartment building?

3. What does the Chilean writer tell Elizabeth about her sister?

4. In Chapter 2, what things does Elizabeth keep private when she talks to her co-homeroom teachers?

5. What does Elizabeth find different about what is taken for granted about her students and what was taken for granted about her and other students at her white, and wealthy public school?

6. What does Elizabeth do on Thursday nights and why?

7. How does Elizabeth spend Sunday, the day her husband works?

8. What does Elizabeth think of her co-teacher?

9. What do Elizabeth and Sasha do after going to the beach, and how does Elizabeth sleep better at Sasha's than at home?

10. What do Elizabeth and Sasha do after the party in 2000?

(see the answer keys)

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