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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 show does Lizzie put on for Henry in Chapter Four, calling it a "soothing hour of television" (155)?
(a) Intervention.
(b) My Strange Addiction.
(c) 60 Minutes.
(d) Hoarders.

2. Whose idea is it to embark on a day trip to Washington, D.C. in Chapter Three?
(a) Eli's.
(b) Lizzie's.
(c) Ben's.
(d) Henry's.

3. Lizzie enjoys the fact that Will does not mind if she talks endlessly about what subject?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Eli.
(d) Zazen.

4. Lizzie describes Henry's reaction to his divorce by saying that he is "sad but mostly" (155) what?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Angry.
(c) Numb.
(d) Relieved.

5. Catherine always arrives home to greet Henry and Iris at what time of the evening?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry is instructed to write down the very worse of his visions in relation to what subject?

2. In what season does Chapter Four take place?

3. When Lizzie forces Henry to lie down in Chapter Three, how much time does it take for him to fall asleep?

4. Lizzie describes her texts with which character as "scrupulously chaste" (185)?

5. NASA reports in Chapter Three that they have discovered how many "new Earth-sized planets" (131)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What drastic step does Sylvia decide to take in Chapter Four?

2. What detail does Henry share with Lizzie in Chapter Four that compels her to go to Ben with her concerns?

3. With which character does Lizzie have a second chance encounter in Chapter Four?

4. How does Sylvia react when Lizzie shares her plans for creating a 'doomstead' for her family someday?

5. For what reason does Offill allude to C.S. Lewis's novel Prince Caspian in Chapter Four?

6. In what way does Offill use the character of Lorraine to demonstrate the frustration felt by many Americans in the wake of the 2016 election?

7. In what way does the motif of dreams arise within Chapter Four in order to again demonstrate the strong connection between Henry and Lizzie?

8. Who asks Lizzie to name her fears in Chapter Four and what three elements of life does she name?

9. What problem does Henry share with Lizzie in Chapter Three?

10. For what reason does Lizzie begin to skip meditation classes with Margot?

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