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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much was the first book deal Alice signed with an American publisher?
(a) $250,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $1 million.
(d) $500,000.

2. Where does Alice live in Chapter 1?
(a) Her parent's house.
(b) An old barn.
(c) A big house that used to be a rectory.
(d) Her boyfriend's house.

3. What does Alice dislike about her success as a writer?
(a) The pressures of fame it has brought.
(b) She does not know how to spend her money.
(c) The jealousy it has wrought.
(d) The constant doubt she has in the people around her.

4. Whose social media account does Eileen become interested in in relation to her ex-boyfriend?
(a) Riding Into the Sunset.
(b) Pretty Girl.
(c) Scrim Hippy.
(d) Actual Death Girl.

5. What does Alice tell Eileen she cannot read anymore in Chapter 10?
(a) Fairy tales.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Contemporary novels.
(d) Non-fiction.

6. When does Eileen tell Alice she thinks humans lost their instinct for beauty?
(a) About 1942.
(b) About 1980.
(c) About 2005.
(d) About 1976.

7. What is Eileen's sister doing in the coming months in Chapter 3?
(a) Getting married soon.
(b) Emigrating.
(c) Getting divorced.
(d) Having a baby.

8. How old was Eileen when she had sex for the first time?
(a) 18.
(b) 24.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

9. What does Eileen drink at the bar?
(a) A wine.
(b) A gin and tonic.
(c) A beer.
(d) Whiskey on ice.

10. What do Eileen and Simon do in Chapter 7?
(a) Have dinner.
(b) Cry together on the phone.
(c) Move in together.
(d) Have phone sex.

11. Who does Alice meet in Chapter 1 for a date?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Felix.
(c) Henry.
(d) Simon.

12. What does an elderly man at the event Eileen is at in Chapter 7 tell her?
(a) She should be traveling.
(b) She should be married.
(c) She should be out having fun.
(d) She should be reading and writing poetry herself.

13. How old are both Eileen and Alice?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 29.
(d) 23.

14. What city does Alice tell Eileen Dublin is more expensive to live in than?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) New York.
(d) Barcelona.

15. What bad thing does Felix tell Alice he did about a year earlier that he regrets?
(a) Brought a girl home who was still young enough to be in school.
(b) Stole money.
(c) Never called his brother back right before his brother died.
(d) Stole a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Felix know who works in the bar?

2. Where is Simon when Eileen calls him in Chapter 7?

3. Who is Eileen's ex-boyfriend?

4. How does Eileen tell Simon he looks in Chapter 3?

5. What does Eileen tell Alice in her note in Chapter 8?

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