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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: 1968-1970, June 1968, Merit, and July 1968, Slip.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Faith finally puts the babies to bed, she settles on the couch to read a book only moments before what happens?
(a) The house catches fire.
(b) There's a knock at the door.
(c) The power goes out.
(d) Her husband comes home.

2. Who enters the room and makes a mistake about the relationship between the ladies?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A salesman.
(d) A lawyer.

3. As the novel opens, one of the friends is doing what?
(a) Baking a cake.
(b) Eating.
(c) Knitting.
(d) A puzzle.

4. Which of the following is not one of the things the friends are doing, as the novel opens?
(a) Daydreaming.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Driving.

5. The novel follows the friends over the course of how many years?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the second book club meeting, Merit begins having what?

2. How are the ladies actually related?

3. Slip's daughter goes by what name?

4. Faith has just moved from where?

5. Merit's last name is what?

(see the answer key)

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