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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. What happens on Adele's first day at her new job?
(a) There is a fire.
(b) Her car is vandalized.
(c) She got lost.
(d) She is hit by a student.

2. What does Ann order after dinner?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tiramisu.
(c) Tea.
(d) Brandy.

3. What is Ann's last name?
(a) Peterson.
(b) August.
(c) Gibbons.
(d) Michaels.

4. Who did Adele marry?
(a) Hisham.
(b) Harold.
(c) Hiram.
(d) Heath.

5. Chapter 9 is a flashback of _____________________.
(a) Ted's military service.
(b) Ann's childhood.
(c) Lillian's middle years.
(d) Adele's adolescence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Adele insists that she and Ann wear matching _________________ to check into the hotel.

2. Who does Ann call from a gas station?

3. On what day of the week did Ann's grandmother visit her aunts?

4. Who is Ann's father?

5. Ann had lived with her grandmother until the age of ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ann's relationship with her mother.

2. What is the premise of ANYWHERE BUT HERE?

3. Describe Adele's disappointing life with her first husband, Hisham.

4. How does Lillian feel about her husband's job and how is that feeling transmitted to her daughters?

5. How are the Swans' lives comparable to Adele and Ann's life, even though the Swans live in an expensive home in an exclusive are of Los Angeles?

6. How is Hal a disappointment to Carol and Jimmy?

7. What is significant about the vacation Carol and Adele spend on Mackinac Island?

8. How does the author show that Adele is self-centered and selfish?

9. How does Adele's mental health come into question regarding how she manages Christmas for Ann and the rest of her family?

10. How does Adele pay for the trip to California?

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