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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. The top two items on both the "I Will Not" list and the "I Will" list have to do with what?
(a) Being mature.
(b) Being healthy.
(c) Being single.
(d) Being thin.

2. Bridget becomes worried that Daniel is cheating on her. This is an example of what?
(a) Foreshadow.
(b) Mood.
(c) Tone.
(d) Irony.

3. Bridget resolves to become a more physically healthy person. Which of the following does she decide to stop doing?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Eating pasta.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Eating ice cream.

4. What does Bridget's birthday show the reader about her friends?
(a) She doesn't have enough friends for a party.
(b) They know her well and do not judge her.
(c) They don't want to hang out at her flat.
(d) They don't like her cooking.

5. Bridget and her girlfriends gather at her flat for a girls' night. What is the theme of their conversations?
(a) Politics.
(b) Good friends are hard to find.
(c) That relationships are difficult.
(d) Relationships are easy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does email help Bridget and Daniel flirt?

2. What is the purpose of Tom's character in the book?

3. Bridget often journals about her workplace, but never about her actual job. Why might this be?

4. Bridget resolves to become more responsible with her money. Which of the following does she decide to start doing?

5. Why does Bridget consider her crush on Daniel Cleaver to be "pathetic"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bridget become upset during dinner with the "Smug Marrieds" in February?

2. What problems do Bridget's New Year's resolutions address?

3. Thanks to Rebecca, what new thing does Bridget begin to obsess over in June?

4. Why might the author create conflict in Magda and Jeremy's marriage?

5. Review both of Bridget's New Year's resolution lists. What themes emerge from them?

6. Describe how Bridget's "I Will" list may help her improve her life.

7. Identify the warning signs that Daniel does not want to take a mini-holiday with Bridget in June.

8. What is a "Smug Married"?

9. Identify the tone of the book as set by Bridget's New Year's resolution lists.

10. Why is it ironic that Bridget's mum is enthusiastically hosting a television show titled "Suddenly Single"?

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