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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eileen tell Alice she thinks happiness will look like for her?
(a) Being married to Simon and having many children together.
(b) Traveling all the time and never really putting down roots.
(c) Having a lot of money.
(d) Having a house with a lot of books, near a river, and being able to take care of her parents when they get older.

2. What does Alice ask Eileen for in the end of Chapter 22?
(a) To come visit Alice.
(b) To go back to school for her master's degree.
(c) To travel with Alice.
(d) To write a letter apologizing to Simon.

3. When they were much younger, what did Simon wish for Eileen more than anything?
(a) She would get out from under Lola's shadow.
(b) She would finally get the dog she always wanted.
(c) She would be wealthy.
(d) She would be happy.

4. What does Felix tell Alice in Chapter 21, after they sleep together, that is very hurtful to Alice?
(a) He thinks she just likes him because he is poor.
(b) He thinks she is the most depressed person he has ever met.
(c) He is not sure if anyone actually cares about her.
(d) He thinks she is a terrible writer.

5. What do Alice, Felix, Simon and Eileen do in Chapter 26?
(a) Go to the beach.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Go to a concert.
(d) Go zip-lining.

6. What does Alice ask Eileen in Chapter 26 that seems to annoy Eileen?
(a) What Eileen thinks about Felix.
(b) For Eileen to come see her more often.
(c) For Eileen to come live with her at the seaside.
(d) For Eileen to loan her clothes.

7. What does Eileen think about herself in relation to what she has done with Simon at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) She has been too pessimistic.
(b) She has been too worried about what other people will think.
(c) She has been blinded by her desire to get married.
(d) She has been a fool.

8. Who does Eileen think is flirting with Simon at the party?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Paula.
(d) Leanne.

9. Who walks Eileen home from the party in Chapter 19?
(a) Aidan.
(b) Darah.
(c) Simon.
(d) Peter.

10. What does Alice tell Simon she did for her mother the previous year?
(a) Sent her on a holiday to Jamaica.
(b) Paid off her mortgage.
(c) Bought her a new vacation home.
(d) Bought her a new car.

11. When does Eileen say she knows Alice thinks the world ceased to be beautiful?
(a) After the dot-com bust in 2003.
(b) After WWI.
(c) After WWII.
(d) After the fall of the Soviet Union.

12. In Chapter 21, why does Felix not go to Alice's house for dinner?
(a) He goes out to get drunk instead.
(b) His brother insists they sort through the paperwork they need to do.
(c) He is in a car accident.
(d) He has to work late.

13. What does Eileen tell Simon is wrong with her apartment?
(a) The door lock is broken.
(b) The window lock is broken.
(c) The heating is broken.
(d) No hot water for a shower.

14. What does Eileen reference to Alice from her earlier message in Chapter 16?
(a) A novel by W.H. Auden.
(b) Alice's own novel.
(c) A novel by Jane Austen.
(d) The Bronze Age collapse.

15. What does Alice tell Eileen is the problem with a lot of museums in Paris?
(a) They are often closed for renovations.
(b) There is just too much art to see.
(c) They are too expensive.
(d) They are drafty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felix say he has a reputation for around town?

2. In Chapter 19, what book is Eileen reading?

3. What does Eileen's father do for a living?

4. What does Simon tell Felix that shocks Eileen in Chapter 26?

5. Why does Eileen tell Alice she declined to write many essays again after her first one from a few years ago?

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