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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John think Sasha does not remember?
(a) Any of the good things.
(b) Any of the bad things.
(c) Her own faults.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. Who is the first person to sell her underwear in the story Los Angeles?
(a) Frieda.
(b) Alice.
(c) Flora.
(d) Oona.

3. What does Sasha do on her first morning in John's house that makes him angry?
(a) Breaks a glass.
(b) Sleeps in.
(c) Lets the dog out of the house.
(d) Accidentally opens her Christmas present from him.

4. Who is Ben's brother?
(a) John.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jude.
(d) Ricky.

5. What are both George and William set to attend after they eat dinner?
(a) A baseball game.
(b) A new Broadway play.
(c) Benji's film premiere.
(d) A tennis match.

6. What does Oona say when Alice asks her if she is not afraid one of the men she sells her underwear to might follow her home?
(a) Oona says she is worried about that.
(b) Oona says her boyfriend always walks with her, so she will be OK.
(c) Oona says she always carries a gun with her, so she will be OK.
(d) Oona says she wishes someone would stalk her.

7. What does Ben hope might happen with Arthur after the current project he works on with him?
(a) He hopes Arthur will recommend him for other jobs.
(b) He hopes Arthur might hire him full-time.
(c) He hopes Arthur might just give him some money.
(d) He hopes he never has to work with anyone in the tech industry again.

8. Whose book is Ben editing?
(a) Richard's.
(b) Rowan's.
(c) Arthur's.
(d) Sasha's.

9. Who is Arthur's assistant?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Brody.
(d) Karen.

10. What kind of jam did Linda used to make in the story What Can You Do With a General?
(a) Blackberry.
(b) Strawberry.
(c) Persimmon.
(d) Raspberry.

11. Who does Sasha say hates the rest of the family at the first full family dinner?
(a) Rick.
(b) Zero.
(c) Betty.
(d) Henry.

12. Where does Alice meet the last man she sells her underwear to?
(a) A grocery store parking lot.
(b) The beach.
(c) The bowling alley.
(d) The park.

13. Where does Chloe live?
(a) Fresno.
(b) Santa Barbara.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) San Francisco.

14. Why is Sasha upset from her journey?
(a) The airline lost her luggage.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is very hungry.
(d) Her girlfriend could not come with her.

15. Where did Linda go for about a week after one of the bad periods when the kids were young?
(a) A sauna in Colorado.
(b) A mountain resort in Pennsylvania.
(c) A ranch in Arizona.
(d) A desert in California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has John struggled with all his adult life?

2. Who is in the photograph that Arthur shows Ben of himself with?

3. Who helps pay for Alice's classes?

4. Who is the main protagonist in the story Los Angeles?

5. What does Arthur try to take Ben to see?

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