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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. In "Good Neighbors," Patty describes the neighbor's addition as what?
(a) A tiny church.
(b) A boat shed.
(c) An old outbuilding.
(d) A water tank.

2. Following this time at the lake in "Mistakes Were Made," Walter takes a job where?
(a) New York.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. Where do Patty and Walter move at the end of "Good Neighbors"?
(a) New York.
(b) Washington.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Wisconsin.

4. What is the name of Richard's band?
(a) The Tremors.
(b) The Troubles.
(c) The Traumatics.
(d) The Temptations.

5. What organization is devoted to limiting growth?
(a) The Society of Athens.
(b) The Alliance of Four.
(c) The Club of Rome.
(d) The Group of Zero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patty does not like talking about whom?

2. Who is the first of Patty's nonathletic friends in "Mistakes Were Made"?

3. What is the name of the song that Walter wants Richard to write in "Mistakes Were Made"?

4. Carol tells everyone that, upon leaving his parents, Joey was very what?

5. Where is Richard living during the early years of Walter and Patty's marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Patty's relationship with her two children like?

3. What is the only information about her past that Patty shares with others?

4. How do the residents of Ramsey Hill view Patty Berglund?

5. Describe Patty's relationship with her parents.

6. Who are Patty's parents and what do they do?

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

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

9. What business does Joey start? What is the outcome of this venture?

10. Who is Richard? How does Patty meet him, and what does she think of him?

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