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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. Audrey decides she wants to be a what?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Minister.
(c) Pianist.
(d) Counsellor.

2. Julia refuses to speak to Kari for how long?
(a) Over a year.
(b) Over four years.
(c) Over five years.
(d) Over three years.

3. Merit does what in the library?
(a) Plays piano.
(b) Researches family history.
(c) Reads.
(d) Plays violin.

4. Faith writes a letter to her mother announcing she has gotten a degree in what?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Law.
(c) Baking.
(d) Interior Decorating.

5. Why has Faith gone on a trip?
(a) To find her father.
(b) To find her sister.
(c) To see Beau.
(d) To get away from Slip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faith takes Aubrey to her home town where?

2. Slip is treated with what?

3. When Grant came out to his parents, how did his father react?

4. Who comes to stay with Slip in the summer?

5. The whole family reunites in Mississippi to hear the story about Faith and her mother and Bonnie. Who is shocked and angry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Audrey and Slip argue?

2. How did Faith's mother die?

3. What family secret does Beau discover and tell Faith about and how does Faith react?

4. 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?

5. How does Kari finally tell Julia the truth and what happens, as a result?

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

7. Do you think it was right for Audrey to let Grant join the Angry Housewives book club?

8. Describe the complete change in Audrey between the beginning of the book and the nineties.

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

10. What unusual turn does the book club meeting take, when Slip hosts it?

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