2. Lottie gives advice to Amanda on ______________________ during the Depression.
(a) Cooking on a budget.
(b) Reducing household expenses.
(c) Keeping up family morale.
(d) Taking care of her clothes.

3. Sade's husband has an affair after ___________________.
(a) Sade goes through menopause.
(b) His midlife crisis.
(c) He loses his job.
(d) His cancer scare.

4. In the Introduction, what does Marjorie state that her mother loved to do?
(a) Bake.
(b) Talk.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Sew.

5. What religion does Lottie's husband practice?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Quaker.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Baptist.

6. Why does Charles ridicule his wife?
(a) For breaking her leg.
(b) For not taking care of Betty's health.
(c) For burning a pie.
(d) For gaining lots of weight.

7. Despite her dislike for Trudy, who still finds a way to help the woman care for her children?
(a) Marie.
(b) Lottie.
(c) Sally Jo.
(d) Etta.

8. Why is no serious search ever launched for Roy's killer?
(a) Someone confessed to the crime.
(b) They don't have the manpower.
(c) Roy committed suicide.
(d) Everyone believes he deserved to die anyway.

9. Who is Trudy's husband?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Paul.

10. What is Lottie's nationality?
(a) German.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) English.

11. How is Trudy able to get credit in the store?
(a) She wears down the store owner's resistance.
(b) The store owner runs a credit check.
(c) Her husband gets her a credit card.
(d) Lottie takes up a collection.

12. Lottie points out other women in the club to Betty as examples of __________________.
(a) Compassionate people.
(b) Wonderful style.
(c) Bad hairstyles.
(d) Happy marriages.

13. Who do most Americans blame for the Great Depression?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Richard Nixon.

14. Who is Betty Davies Randolph's mother?
(a) Lucinda Marjorie Shannon.
(b) Lottie O'Cadhain Davies.
(c) Lorelie O'Shaughnessey.
(d) Lynn Mallory Dyer.

15. What disease does Betty contract?
(a) Polio.
(b) Pellagra.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Malaria.