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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. Who is the young widow in the church congregation?
(a) Frances Cottrell.
(b) Melissa Cottrell.
(c) Freesia Cottrell.
(d) Franny Cottrell.

2. How does Marion reference the physical attributes of her psychiatrist?
(a) As a nice woman with pockmarks on her face.
(b) As a dumpling-eating woman who is tall.
(c) As a dumpling-faced lady on steroids.
(d) As a chair-filling dumpling of a woman.

3. What does Bradley tell Marion that made it difficult for him to continue the love affair?
(a) That he could love two women at the same time.
(b) That he wanted to move away with a new woman.
(c) That he liked having affairs with multiple women.
(d) That he could not love two women at the same time.

4. Where is Isabelle when Marion goes to see her friend, to possibly get help when Marion is pregnant?
(a) She counsel’s Marion.
(b) She has moved away.
(c) She has moved upstairs.
(d) She helps Marion.

5. Who does Marion tell her therapist Russ is having an extra-marital affair with?
(a) Frances.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Francine.
(d) Kitty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Clem write to inquiring about joining the military?

2. Who is the senior pastor at Russ’s church?

3. When Sharon tells Clem that she is in love with him, what is his response?

4. Russ saw Ambrose as understanding people on what level?

5. What is the name of the psychiatrist whom Marion goes to for counseling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Russ wear his old work coat when he is around Frances?

2. What happens to Sharon when Clem breaks up with him?

3. Why does Clem feel that he has exhausted his relationship with Becky?

4. Who does Becky go to Crossroads group meetings with first?

5. Why did Russ not appreciate Marion’s loyalty to him in regard to her also not liking Ambrose?

6. How does Clem realize Russ is “blackening” Rick Ambrose’s name?

7. What does Sally say to Ambrose, that Russ told her about Russ’s marriage?

8. Why does Perry say that he is “damned” at the Haefle party, when he gets caught getting drunk by his mother?

9. Marion always said that Shirley had no use for women, and only wanted men in her life. How does Marion end up being the same way in her own life?

10. What effect does the author present by mentioning Russ’s “humiliation” in the early pages of the book, but not explaining what happened for several hundred pages into the reading?

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