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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. In August, 1977, who is now divorced?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Flan.
(c) Beau.
(d) Audrey.

2. Faith writes a letter to her mother talking about how her daughter is doing a school project on what?
(a) Family history.
(b) US history.
(c) World War I.
(d) Astronomy.

3. Fred spends a lot of time sleeping or doing what?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Watching TV.

4. Wade takes Faith out to dinner and Faith tells him a story about her childhood that leaves him angry with whom?
(a) Faith's sister.
(b) Faith's brother.
(c) Faith's father.
(d) Faith's mother.

5. Merit has a job playing what in a bar?
(a) Trombone.
(b) Cello.
(c) Piano.
(d) Violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stuart blames whom for his condition?

2. Wade thinks faith has what medical problem?

3. Slip decides to join Fred for a small part of his march where?

4. Faith's father died and left what for her?

5. Slip is where when the ladies arrive at her house to invite her out for a snowball fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was the accident that killed Faith's mother Faith's fault?

2. How did Faith's mother die?

3. How do the book club ladies rally, when Audrey and Slip fight?

4. What is Slip's attitude toward her brother Fred's transformation?

5. What is the major conflict after the circus?

6. Why does the book club plan to reunite Audrey and Slip eventually succeed and how?

7. What is the difference between Mr. Paradise and Eric, Merit's ex-husband?

8. Describe the changes in Fred in this section of the book.

9. How is Slip's illness reminiscent of the opening of the book and what could it mean in reference to the beginning of the book?

10. How does Faith initially react to hearing that Beau is gay and that Shelby is a man?

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