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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. In Chapter 12, what does Sam's husband update her about regarding Ally?
(a) Ally's boyfriend.
(b) Ally's college applications.
(c) Ally's sports statistics.
(d) Ally's dance practice.

2. In Chapter 7, what does Sam do during her first few days in the house?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Deep cleaning.
(c) Sanding the floors.
(d) Putting up window rails.

3. What does Ally often send to her boyfriend, even though she knows she probably should not?
(a) Love letters.
(b) Money.
(c) Chocolates.
(d) Nude photos.

4. What does Sam start to suffer from regularly in middle age?
(a) Hot flashes.
(b) Loss of appetite.
(c) Muscle aches.
(d) Headaches.

5. What does Sam's mother tell her when she says she bought the house?
(a) She needs to tell her own daughter.
(b) She needs to tell her husband right away.
(c) She needs to make sure she got the best mortgage rate.
(d) She needs to fix it up soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Sam drink for her night out?

2. What did Clara Loomis's doctors use to treat her grief?

3. In Chapter 10, what is the flyer someone gives to Sam about?

4. What does Sam do every day to try to keep a connection with her daughter?

5. In Chapter 11, what kind of group comes to the place Sam works?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Clara Loomis problematic as a historical figure?

2. Where does Sam end up meeting people she thinks are more like-minded in the realm of activism?

3. What does Sam do in the aftermath of the 2016 election that she has not done for a long while?

4. What is going on with Lily, Sam's mother, in Part I?

5. What is one way, as Spiotta puts it, to understand what happens to Sam in Part I in terms of the upheaval in her life?

6. What happens when Sam goes to a community meeting in her new neighborhood?

7. What does Matt seem to think Sam's decision to leave him might really be mostly about?

8. What does Ally immediately think when Sam tells her she and Matt are splitting up?

9. What does Spiotta mean when she mentions Sam's "historic house envy" (75)?

10. Where does Sam work, and what does she do there?

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