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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 notes that, as a result of her affair with Richard, she felt what?
(a) A frightening split of her mind.
(b) A peaceful clarity of focus.
(c) A horrible reckoning of her conscience.
(d) A terrible confusion of the heart.

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

3. What is the name of Carol Monaghan's boyfriend in "Good Neighbors"?
(a) Brock.
(b) Brute.
(c) Brace.
(d) Blake.

4. What is the name of the Berglunds' neighborhood?
(a) Ramsey Hill.
(b) Blake Hill.
(c) Sprawling Hill.
(d) Beacon Hill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Joey when he leaves the house in "Good Neighbors"?

2. In "Mistakes Were Made," Walter believes the movie he and Patty see is a parable for those who join the fight against what?

3. After confronting Eliza in "Mistakes Were Made," Patty does what?

4. Joey Bergland starts a lucrative business with whom?

5. Patty does not like talking about whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the friendship between Eliza and Patty.

2. Who is Walter? How does Patty meet him, and what does she think of him?

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

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

5. How does Patty respond to Joey's relationship with Connie?

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

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

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

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

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

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