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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. When Patty's parents learn of her rape, what do they want her to do?
(a) Go to the hospital.
(b) Tell the police.
(c) Leave the area.
(d) Forget about what happened.

2. What is the name of Patty's father?
(a) Ray Emerson.
(b) Rick Emerson.
(c) Richard Emerson.
(d) Ralph Emerson.

3. Patty and Walter are described as their neighborhood's what?
(a) Remodelers.
(b) Pioneers.
(c) Architects.
(d) Critics.

4. How does Patty seduce Richard in "Mistakes Were Made"?
(a) By reading him some of her writing.
(b) By pretending to sleepwalk.
(c) By massaging his shoulders.
(d) By dancing for him.

5. What is the name of Richard's band?
(a) The Troubles.
(b) The Temptations.
(c) The Traumatics.
(d) The Tremors.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reader is informed that the New York Times featured a story of whose disgrace?

2. At what did Patty excel in her youth?

3. After confronting Eliza in "Mistakes Were Made," Patty does what?

4. What does Walter offer Richard for the summer in "Mistakes Were Made"?

5. Why do Patty and Walter travel to Grand Rapids in "Good Neighbors"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens while Patty and Richard are at the lake house?

2. What is The Fiend of Athens, and how do Walter and Patty interpret it?

3. Describe the friendship between Eliza and Patty.

4. Who is Walter? How does Patty meet him, and what does she think of him?

5. How does Connie feel about Joey Berglund?

6. What decision do the Berglunds make after Joey goes away to college?

7. What business does Joey start? What is the outcome of this venture?

8. What are Walter's feelings regarding population growth?

9. How does Patty's friendship with Eliza end?

10. What does Patty learn about Walter and his childhood?

(see the answer keys)

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