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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alice say she serves Felix dinner last in Chapter 25?
(a) Simon and Eileen are her guests of honor.
(b) Felix was late.
(c) Felix is not really her boyfriend.
(d) Felix is never really hungry.

2. What does Simon say to Eileen when they start having sex?
(a) She is very young.
(b) He has always loved only her.
(c) She is a good girl.
(d) She is a bad girl.

3. In Chapter 21, where do Alice and Felix go for the night?
(a) Felix's house.
(b) A hotel.
(c) The beach.
(d) Alice's house.

4. What text does Eileen show Simon in Chapter 15?
(a) A strange one from Alice.
(b) One from her father.
(c) A mean one from Lola.
(d) A nice one from Aidan.

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

6. Why does Eileen tell Alice she declined to write many essays again after her first one from a few years ago?
(a) The money was not enough.
(b) It made her too tired.
(c) She was afraid they would be failures.
(d) She got bad feedback on the first one.

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

8. What is Eileen's father's name?
(a) John.
(b) Pat.
(c) James.
(d) Henry.

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

10. What does Felix's taxi driver tell him about going to Alice's house in Chapter 21?
(a) Alice will be happy to see him.
(b) He should definitely have called Alice first before appearing on her doorstep at that hour.
(c) His girlfriend, Alice, is not going to be impressed with him showing up in the state he is in.
(d) He should bring Alice flowers.

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

12. What does Alice write to Eileen that she has come to realize about fame and money?
(a) No one really deserves those things.
(b) They are different from what her mother said they would be.
(c) The attract the wrong kind of man.
(d) They are wonderful.

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

14. What does Eileen drink at the party in Chapter 19?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Whiskey.

15. What does Eileen do to her own hair in Chapter 26?
(a) Cuts it.
(b) Braids it.
(c) Dyes it.
(d) Washes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felix tell Alice in Chapter 21, after they sleep together, that is very hurtful to Alice?

2. What does Eileen think about herself in relation to what she has done with Simon at the end of Chapter 19?

3. What does Eileen tell Alice about Lola's wedding?

4. What does Felix tell Alice her life would be like if she was a little less intelligent?

5. What does Eileen tell Alice she did with the novel The Golden Bowl when she was finished with it?

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