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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. Which child chose not to come home for the holidays?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Flan.
(c) Beau.
(d) Julia.

2. Who tells the book club a horrific story about an event that left a young girl raped and murdered?
(a) Slip.
(b) Wade.
(c) Flan.
(d) Fred.

3. What problem is the teen Audrey counsels having?
(a) She is failing a class.
(b) She is on drugs.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) Her parents have died.

4. Where is Audrey when she runs into her neighbors?
(a) At the bank.
(b) At a movie.
(c) At the mall.
(d) At the grocery store.

5. Who comes to stay with Slip in the summer?
(a) Slip's nephew.
(b) Slip's niece.
(c) Slip's brother.
(d) Slip's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audrey arranges for whom to join the book club?

2. The ladies decide to have their meeting at what sort of bar?

3. Which of the following characters is also divorced at this point in the book?

4. Audrey has stopped attending book club meetings to avoid:

5. Who gets an outlet for her acrobatic talents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Faith's mother die?

2. Describe Fred and Slip's relationship in this section.

3. Do you feel that it was right for Kari to be so attached to her dog and so upset that it died?

4. Julia and Kari don't speak for over a year. What finally causes them to reconcile?

5. How does Merit feel about the man who watches her in the library?

6. Why does the book club plan to reunite Audrey and Slip eventually succeed and how?

7. What is Kari's attitude towards Julia in this section of the book and how might it affect Kari later in the book?

8. Why do Audrey and Slip argue?

9. What is the difference between Mr. Paradise and Eric, Merit's ex-husband?

10. Describe the complete change in Audrey between the beginning of the book and the nineties.

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