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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. Patty does not like talking about whom?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her children.

2. Joey Bergland starts a lucrative business with whom?
(a) Connie.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Walter.
(d) Carol.

3. Where is Richard living during the early years of Walter and Patty's marriage?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Amsterdam.

4. Who is the first of Patty's nonathletic friends in "Mistakes Were Made"?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Ella.
(d) Elaine.

5. What does Patty like best about Walter in "Mistakes Were Made"?
(a) He is a genuinely nice person.
(b) He is Richard's roommate.
(c) He does not like Eliza.
(d) He is in law school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Walter begin to unravel in "Good Neighbors"?

2. What does Carol's boyfriend do that really upsets Patty in "Good Neighbors"?

3. Patty's autobiography is written in what person?

4. The one person Patty particularly adores is whom?

5. The reader is informed that the New York Times featured a story of whose disgrace?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Walter invite Richard to stay at his lake house?

2. What happens while Patty and Richard are at the lake house?

3. Who is Blake? What does he do that drives Patty mad?

4. What is The Fiend of Athens, and how do Walter and Patty interpret it?

5. How do Patty and Richard end up taking a road trip? What happens during that trip?

6. What happens after Patty leaves Eliza for the last time?

7. What decision do the Berglunds make after Joey goes away to college?

8. How does Patty's friendship with Eliza end?

9. Who is Ethan Post, and how does he affect Patty and her family?

10. What is Connie Monaghan's relationship to the Berglund family?

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