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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ben has a PhD in which discipline?
(a) Literature.
(b) History.
(c) Political Science.
(d) Philosophy.

2. Sylvia's podcast predicts what sort of future for humankind?
(a) A bright future.
(b) No future.
(c) A bleak future.
(d) A labor-intensive future.

3. Lizzie states that it is harder for her to travel far from home during which season?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

4. The meeting described in the novel's epigraph takes place in which state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. Lizzie reports that Eli's elementary school is made up of ten percent white children. What term does she use to describe most of the rest of the students there?
(a) African.
(b) South American.
(c) South Asian.
(d) Mexican.

6. The adjunct professor described by Lizzie has been working on his dissertation for how many years?
(a) 21.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

7. In what grade is Eli, Lizzie's young son?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 1st.
(d) 4th.

8. Lizzie sometimes brings what items to her neighbor, Mrs. Kovinski?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Books.
(d) Pies.

9. Which birthday is Lizzie approaching in Chapter One?
(a) 44.
(b) 32.
(c) 36.
(d) 48.

10. When Lizzie invokes a saying usually applied to the Holocaust, what creature does she use to direct the quote's focus toward humans' destruction of the planet?
(a) Kelp.
(b) Coral.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Sea anenome.

11. How often during his waking hours does Henry text Lizzie once Catherine is approaching her due date?
(a) Every hour.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every three hours.
(d) Every week.

12. What action is Henry taking as he shares with Lizzie his fears about becoming a father?
(a) Blinking hard.
(b) Crying.
(c) Chain-smoking cigarettes.
(d) Wringing his hands.

13. Sylvia told Lizzie during the excursion with Eli that, "Children cannot abide" (96) what?
(a) Silence.
(b) Vistas.
(c) Waiting.
(d) Orders.

14. Chapter One takes place in which month?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) March.

15. What was Catherine's drug of choice before she got sober?
(a) Methamphetamine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Adderall.
(d) Cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an action Ben takes on Lizzie's birthday?

2. Henry worries about the meaning of a photograph of a man carrying his child on his back over how many miles?

3. Lizzie officially meets Amira's mother Na'ila in which location?

4. Lizzie spends an hour reading about the dwindling numbers of what types of creatures?

5. Most people at Margot's meditation class want to know about what subject?

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