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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 does Sam talk about in her open mic night that she regrets almost instantly?
(a) Matt.
(b) MH.
(c) Ally and her mistakes as a mother.
(d) Lily.

2. Why did Ally go to the hospital when she was 15?
(a) She broke her leg.
(b) She fainted during a test at school.
(c) She threw up in lacrosse practice.
(d) Her diabetes was acting up.

3. Where does Sam often go for local news?
(a) WUSA website.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Syracuse Daily Times.
(d) Syracuse.com.

4. In Chapter 2, where is Ally going with her friends?
(a) The mall.
(b) The theater.
(c) School.
(d) The football game.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Sam say she does not want from her husband any longer?
(a) Sex.
(b) Paint.
(c) Money or unsolicited advice.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam donate to using all the funds in her checking account?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Sam witness that makes her feel intensely lonely?

3. Who does Sam tell about the incident in the YMCA that made her really angry?

4. Whose portrait is in the stained-glass window in Joe's new project?

5. What does MH eat at the State Fair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of Ally's emerging doubts about Joe's work?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Sam do that even she knows crosses a line with Ally when Ally goes to the movies with her friends?

3. In Part III, what does Sam admit to herself about Lily's illness and her own marriage?

4. What do news reports note is ironic about Aadil Mapunda's death?

5. Why did Ally end up in the ER when she was 15?

6. What does the reader learn about Matt's and Sam's history in Part III?

7. What is the first of Sam's so-called "rage events"?

8. Why is Sam's open mic night such a terrible disaster?

9. What does Sam talk about at open mic night?

10. What is the most serious of Sam's "rage events"?

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