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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 medical emergency occurs for Cindy at Thanksgiving?
(a) Her daughter breaks her arm.
(b) Her father has a stroke.
(c) Her mother falls and breaks a hip.
(d) She suffers a crushed pelvis in a car accident.

2. How are two children injured on the outing in #128?
(a) A Ferris wheel car breaks loose.
(b) A canoe overturns.
(c) They are hit by lightning.
(d) They are hit by a speeding car.

3. What is the source of the noises that Beth hears near the living room windows?
(a) Hail hitting the windows.
(b) Wind rattling the glass.
(c) Girls throwing water balloons.
(d) Tree branches in the wind.

4. What does Beth believe is hardest for Frannie to have left in her old life?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her house.
(c) The shopping malls.
(d) Her church.

5. Where do Beth and Robert have a Thanksgiving meal?
(a) At home.
(b) A diner.
(c) At the church.
(d) At a homeless shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Beth and Robert think Bobby may be dead?

2. What is Cindy's father's complaint all through Christmas dinner?

3. What does Patty Bancroft tell Beth when she calls?

4. Where did Cindy grow up?

5. Where does Grace live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tipping point that causes Frannie to make the decision to leave Bobby?

2. What does Beth learn from Grace when she calls her on Thanksgiving night?

3. What does Beth reveal to Cindy about why she finally decided to leave Bobby?

4. Why is Beth alarmed by a noise when Robert has a sleepover?

5. What does Beth reveal to Cindy regarding another relationship with a man when they are at the beauty salon?

6. What does Beth do as she begins to relax and feel less panicked in her new life?

7. What is the story of how Mr. and Mrs. Levitt met?

8. What are the personal motivations that cause both Cindy and Beth to make the life decisons that they have?

9. What prevents Beth from becoming too intimate with Mike?

10. How does a bullying episode at school make Robert think about his father?

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