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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Slip takes some lemonade, the book she is supposed to have finished already for the club meeting, and joins her daughter in what?
(a) The treehouse.
(b) The park.
(c) The livingroom.
(d) The car.

2. What is the occupation of Merit's father?
(a) Thief.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

3. The friends watch as what happens to Kari's daughter?
(a) She starts school.
(b) She is baptized.
(c) She is hit by a car.
(d) She performs in a play.

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

5. Who comes up with the name for the book club after hearing the husbands talk?
(a) Faith.
(b) Merit.
(c) Slip.
(d) Kari.

6. The argument over the book club is the first time Merit's husband has done what?
(a) Drank heavily.
(b) Stormed out of the house.
(c) Punched a hole in the wall.
(d) Hit Merit.

7. One of the friends is doing what as the novel opens?
(a) Juggling.
(b) Talking on the Phone.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

8. Merit's last name is what?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Indleson.
(c) Iverson.
(d) Allison.

9. Merit's baby is what?
(a) Miscarried.
(b) A girl.
(c) A boy.
(d) Still born.

10. Audrey wonders why her husband thinks she should do what?
(a) Dress differently.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Gain weight.
(d) Lose weight.

11. Kari said she would not sell her soul for what?
(a) Money.
(b) Julia.
(c) A husband.
(d) Happiness.

12. How many friends are gathered in a room as the novel opens?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

13. Someone mentions what thing during the opening scene?
(a) Fifties Diners.
(b) Soda fountains.
(c) Miniskirts.
(d) Hula hoops.

14. Shortly before what holiday Slip learns that her brother has enlisted in the military?
(a) The Fourth of July.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

15. Eric likes Merit to wear her hair how?
(a) Pony Tail.
(b) Braids.
(c) French Roll.
(d) Down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Last year, after what event of Kari's did Eric beat Merit savagely for wearing political buttons?

2. At the next book club meeting, who do the women discuss?

3. What is Slip's brother's name?

4. As Faith watches the street, she sees a group of what she believes are teenagers come out of their houses and begin throwing what?

5. Merit's father dies of what the day after calling Merit?

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