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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. Slip is miserable from the heat, and upset over the resent death of Martin Luther King Jr. and whom?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Slip's mother.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

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

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

4. What is causing tension between Audrey and her husband?
(a) Audrey's husband being out of work.
(b) They are worried about the health of their unborn child.
(c) Lack of intimacy.
(d) Audrey being out of work.

5. Audrey is wearing an uncomfortable wool what?
(a) Dress.
(b) Shirt.
(c) Pair of socks.
(d) Hat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is a senior partner in a law firm?

3. When Faith finally puts the babies to bed, she settles on the couch to read a book only moments before what happens?

4. Who is sunbathing topless?

5. Merit was attending what sort of school when she met her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think that Eric beats Merit?

2. Do you think that Merit is strong or weak?

3. How do you feel about Slip's activist nature?

4. Faith narrates the prologue. What is the significance of Faith's name, as it seems to relate to the book?

5. Why does Patsy cover for Faith, when Faith is almost caught in a lie and what is the resulting conversation between Patsy and Faith?

6. Do you think that it was right for Fred to enlist to go to Vietnam?

7. Describe Audrey's unique gift that is discussed in this section.

8. Friendship is set up as the main theme of the novel, in the prologue. What do you think are two qualities that make a good friend and why?

9. Describe Kari's home life.

10. In this section, Kari adopts her niece's baby girl. What are your views of adoption, in general?

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