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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 does Bridget's "I Will Not" list tell the reader about her character?
(a) Her job.
(b) The kind of person she wants to become in the next year.
(c) Her family and friends.
(d) The kind of person she does not want to be.

2. What does Bridget discover about her mum at the end of their lunch date?
(a) She is seeing another man.
(b) She has lost weight.
(c) She has a job.
(d) She is a stronger person than Bridget thought.

3. Why does Mark run to the buffet table after talking to Bridget?
(a) He is embarrassed.
(b) He is too hungry to talk.
(c) He does not like her.
(d) Bridget ignores him.

4. Bridget finally convinces Daniel to take a mini-vacation with her. How does Daniel know the only other person at the hotel?
(a) She is his mother's friend.
(b) She is a friend of Bridget's.
(c) He has slept with her.
(d) He used to work with her.

5. Bridget decides that the secret to her mum's new happiness is ______________.
(a) The other man.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Personal power.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bridget's "I Will Not" list is pretty clear about the types of men she wants to stay away from. What does her list suggest about her past dating experiences?

2. What does Bridget decide about diets?

3. Where is Daniel during the Suddenly Single interview?

4. What is Bridget doing at the end of April?

5. What is the assumption made about single people who are Bridget's age?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does email help or hurt Bridget and Daniel's office flirtations in January?

2. In March, how does Daniel's behavior toward Bridget foreshadow their future together?

3. In June, the reader becomes more familiar with Daniel. Describe his character.

4. Explain why Bridget is anxious to leave Harry's birthday party in March.

5. Describe the changes in Bridget's relationship with Daniel that take place in May.

6. As Bridget's mum is interviewing Bridget for "Suddenly Single" Daniel walks out of Bridget's bedroom, surprising them all. Daniel's words and behaviors are friendly. However, how might Daniel's behavior be seen as disrespectful toward Bridget and her mum?

7. What is the conversation like between Bridget and Mark Darcy at the Turkey Curry Buffet?

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

9. In February, Bridget learns that her parents are having marital problems. How does she feel about this?

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

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