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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. Why do Patty and Walter travel to Grand Rapids in "Good Neighbors"?
(a) Patty's old friends are in town.
(b) Walter's mother has fallen ill.
(c) The Traumatics are playing a gig.
(d) Walter has a business meeting.

2. The one person Patty particularly adores is whom?
(a) Her husband, Walter.
(b) Her daughter, Jessica.
(c) Her neighbor Connie.
(d) Her son, Joey.

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

4. Carol Monaghan's behavior is described as what in "Good Neighbors"?
(a) Questionable.
(b) Contemplative.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Respectable.

5. Joey's business involves selling what?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Necklaces.
(c) Shoelaces.
(d) Watches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Patty describes her father as being an amateur what?

3. Patty does not like talking about whom?

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

5. What is the name of Patty's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Richard is invited to stay at the lake house, what is the state of Patty and Walter's marriage?

5. Describe the friendship between Eliza and Patty.

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

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

8. Who is Carol Monaghan and what is her relationship to the Berglunds?

9. Describe Patty's relationship with her parents.

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

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