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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sarah's scar located?
(a) On her left elbow.
(b) Over and across one eye.
(c) On her right knee.
(d) Across her left foot.

2. What does Walter do during the outing with Emily to celebrate news of her scholarship?
(a) Gives Emily a lesson on family history.
(b) Spends too much money.
(c) Takes photographs of the giraffes.
(d) Drinks heavily.

3. What type of company does Emily work for?
(a) A food magazine.
(b) The locals news station.
(c) A makeup company.
(d) A state newspaper.

4. In Part 1: Chapter 1, where do Emily and Sarah go to visit their father?
(a) Miami, FL.
(b) To an apartment one street over.
(c) The local museum.
(d) The newspaper.

5. How many children does Sarah have?
(a) Four sons.
(b) Three daughters.
(c) Three sons.
(d) Two sons.

6. Who does Sarah meet at her first job after graduation from high school?
(a) A movie star, who autographs a picture for her.
(b) A newspaper journalist who decides to write a story about her.
(c) Her future husband.
(d) The mayor and he offers her a job.

7. What does Emily's family push her to do after graduating from college?
(a) Have children.
(b) Get a new job.
(c) Get married again.
(d) Quit working.

8. What happens to Emily at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) She wins the lottery.
(b) She graduates college.
(c) She gets married.
(d) She graduates high school.

9. What does Pookie do at Sarah and Tony's wedding?
(a) Loses one shoe.
(b) Dances with Tony.
(c) Gets into a fight with Sarah.
(d) Gets drunk.

10. What does Sarah wear to the Easter Parade?
(a) Traditional attire.
(b) English formal wear.
(c) A sundress.
(d) A bunny costume.

11. What does the letter Emily receives in Part 2: Chapter 2 say that Pookie has lost?
(a) Her job.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her mind.
(d) Her husband.

12. Why does Sarah abandon the book she was working on?
(a) Because she would have to travel to Montana.
(b) Because Emily is not supportive.
(c) Because she is no longer interested in the subject.
(d) Because her husband tells her it's a dumb idea.

13. Why does Emily seek a divorce from her husband after only a few months of marriage?
(a) She doesn't feel a connection to him anymore.
(b) He becomes emotionally abusive.
(c) She wants to move abroad.
(d) She decides she wants to live alone.

14. What is the name of Walter Grimes's lover?
(a) Isabelle Hutz.
(b) Jennifer Lane.
(c) Donna Garrity.
(d) Irene Hammond.

15. How is Sarah injured when Pookie leaves her with a neighbor?
(a) She is bitten by a dog.
(b) When she tries to run under an iron bar.
(c) When she attempts to climb a fence.
(d) At a track meet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack tell Emily about this school's invitation?

2. Why does the relationship between Emily and the merchant seaman end?

3. Why does Emily not finish her article she is working on in Part 2: Chapter 2?

4. What does Jack ask Emily to do in Part 2: Chapter 1?

5. What does Sarah's son, Peter, want to be when he grows up?

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