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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. What happened to Averill when she flew June's body home to Canada?
(a) She fainted.
(b) She got to fly the plane for a bit.
(c) She met a man she would marry.
(d) She missed the plane.

2. What does Maya admit to Georgia?
(a) She is not really divorced.
(b) She took money out of her purse.
(c) She started a rumor about her.
(d) She had sex with Miles.

3. Who is the friend who Anita visits in her hometown?
(a) Marlene.
(b) Margot.
(c) Mavis.
(d) Maria.

4. As a result of a childhood accident, Joan's brother ____________________.
(a) is blind in one eye.
(b) walks with a limp.
(c) cannot hear.
(d) is missing a thumb.

5. Why does Matilda's mother reject Morris' offer to take Matilda to the school dance?
(a) The family is not that desperate.
(b) He is too young to escort Matilda.
(c) Matilda has a date for the dance.
(d) He is shorter than Matilda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Austin's children?

2. What is Joan's last name?

3. What does Averill do that surprises the captain?

4. Who was Georgia's husband?

5. What did Georgia note about Raymond and Maya's marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Margot get even with Reuel after his affair with their babysitter and manage to get all the things she had ever wanted in life?

2. What sad event does the snowstorm prompt Karin to recall and why does she take Austin to the lake to photograph the ice?

3. Why would Austin have had good reasons--in his mind--to have committed suicide?

4. Give some examples of how the author uses the theme of escape in this story.

5. What kind of world does the boat at night represent for Averill, and how does she incorporate the captain into this world?

6. What lie about Austin's true plans does Karin learn and how does she react to the news?

7. Why has Anita come to her hometown and what does she recall about her childhood and about stopping for coffee with her friend, Margot, on their way to school?

8. How does Karin think that her ex-husband, Brent, has facilitated Austin's departure from his church?

9. In what ways is Georgia's friendship with Maya one-sided in terms of who gives more and who controls the friendship?

10. Why had Teresa come to Canada and what troubles has she had in her marriage to Reuel?

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