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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new habit does Bridget start in April?
(a) Calling Daniel.
(b) Eating pasta.
(c) Buying lottery tickets.
(d) Skipping meals.

2. What does Bridget's birthday show the reader about her friends?
(a) They don't want to hang out at her flat.
(b) She doesn't have enough friends for a party.
(c) They don't like her cooking.
(d) They know her well and do not judge her.

3. What resolution does Bridget break at the beginning of February?
(a) Starting a savings account.
(b) Eating more fiber.
(c) Going to the gym.
(d) Getting involved with an emotionally unavailable man.

4. How does email help Bridget and Daniel flirt?
(a) It allows them to send work to each other.
(b) It allows them to say things they would never say in person.
(c) It keeps their conversations polite.
(d) They do not have email.

5. Bridget decides that the secret to her mum's new happiness is ______________.
(a) Her husband.
(b) Personal power.
(c) The other man.
(d) Freedom.

6. Who are Magda and Jeremy?
(a) Two of Bridget's married friends.
(b) Two of Bridget's co-workers.
(c) The names of her imaginary babies with Daniel.
(d) Two of Bridget's single friends.

7. Bridget's ruined vacation with Daniel is symbolic of what?
(a) The beginning of their future together.
(b) The tourist industry in England.
(c) A fairy tale.
(d) The end of her fantasy about their relationship.

8. Where does Bridget meet her friends after work the day she and Daniel begin flirting by email?
(a) The mall.
(b) A bar.
(c) At her flat.
(d) A party.

9. What does Bridget's "I Will Not" list tell the reader about her character?
(a) The kind of person she does not want to be.
(b) Her family and friends.
(c) Her job.
(d) The kind of person she wants to become in the next year.

10. What does Bridget think when her mum snaps at her dad over lunch?
(a) That her father must have done something very wrong.
(b) She doesn't think much about it.
(c) That her parents are in love.
(d) That her mum's behavior is "odd."

11. What does Bridget's "I Will" list tell the reader about her character?
(a) The kind of person she wants to become in the next year.
(b) Her family and friends.
(c) Her hopes for married life.
(d) The types of men she has dated in the past.

12. Bridget becomes worried that Daniel is cheating on her. This is an example of what?
(a) Mood.
(b) Irony.
(c) Tone.
(d) Foreshadow.

13. What does Bridget discover about her mum at the end of their lunch date?
(a) She has a job.
(b) She is seeing another man.
(c) She has lost weight.
(d) She is a stronger person than Bridget thought.

14. What does Bridget's mum want when she calls her at work?
(a) To use Bridget for a story.
(b) To meet Daniel.
(c) To discuss her father.
(d) To go out for lunch.

15. What does Bridget decide about Daniel after he shows up at her girls' night?
(a) He is better as just a friend.
(b) He is cheating on her.
(c) He is a jerk.
(d) He is the best boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items is NOT listed at the beginning of each dated journal entry?

2. What is ironic about Bridget's mum doing a show about being single?

3. What does Bridget believe is the difference between being single in her 20s and being single in her 30s?

4. As they are driving to their hotel, Daniel and Bridget begin to discuss current events. Why does Daniel begin to treat Bridget like she is dumb?

5. Daniel tends to put Bridget down a lot. Why does he do it?

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