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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. At what time does Madeline describe Olly standing at the window and writing "Good Morning" on the glass in "Neighborhood Watch #2"?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 6:35 a.m.
(c) 7:15 a.m.
(d) 6:55 a.m.

2. What does Madeline order for the sun room in "Five Weeks A.D."?
(a) Wall art.
(b) A sofa.
(c) Plastic plants.
(d) Real plants.

3. What document comprises "Released, Part One"?
(a) Madeline's death certificate.
(b) Madeline's discharge form from the hospital.
(c) Madeline's and Olly's marriage certificate.
(d) Madeline's graduation certificate.

4. What does Madeline use as a metaphor to describe her guilt in "Readmitted"?
(a) The sky.
(b) The moon.
(c) An ocean.
(d) The solar system.

5. What does Carla make Olly and Madeline for breakfast in "Infected"?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Porridge.
(c) Chilaquiles.
(d) Biscuits and gravy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Carla say she suspects sometimes that Madeline's mother had a mental collapse?

2. How old was Madeline in the picture that her mother gives her in “Aloha Means Hello and Good-bye, Part 1”?

3. What does Carla say she may do for her next job in "Flowers for Algernon"?

4. Where does Ollie know Zach from?

5. At what hospital was Madeline treated while in Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Madeline travel to in the end of the novel? Why?

2. What does Madeline write to her mother in “Good-bye”?

3. Why does Madeline come to envy Olly's life in “Higher Education"?

4. What is the significance of the chapters that are titled "Madeline's Dictionary"?

5. Why does Madeline break off communication with Olly in “Released, Part Two”?

6. Why does Madeline's mother claim she has decided to re-hire Carla in “Pretending”?

7. How is Olly's friend Zach described in the narrative?

8. Why has Madeline chosen Hawaii as the destination she wants to escape to with Olly?

9. What does Madeline contemplate on Olly's rooftop in “The End is the Beginning is the End”?

10. What is Dr. Chase's assessment of Madeline's condition in “Beginnings and Endings”?

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