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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. Who is Matilda's mother?
(a) Mrs. Carson.
(b) Mrs. Chappie.
(c) Mrs. Carbuncle.
(d) Mrs. Corwin.

2. Who is June's daughter?
(a) Amelie.
(b) Ashley.
(c) Aimie.
(d) Averill.

3. Who is Matilda?
(a) Joan's best friend.
(b) Morris' girlfriend.
(c) A beautiful girl in town.
(d) Joan's aunt.

4. Which man on board the ship seems interested in June?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) The captain.
(c) An artist.
(d) A professor.

5. Which of the following did Margot NOT do when she heard that Reuel was cheating on her?
(a) She hired a private detective.
(b) She put on different clothes.
(c) She spied on him at a campsite.
(d) She put on a wig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Anita come to the small town where she grew up?

2. What happened to Averill when she flew June's body home to Canada?

3. What does the snowstorm remind Karin of?

4. Why did Morris not go to dinner with Matilda a few years ago when she was interested in him?

5. What does Jeanine reveal to Averill at a party in Jeanine's cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Georgia, where has she traveled to at the beginning of the story, and who does she meet right away?

2. 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?

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

4. Who is Jeanine and what is her purpose for being on the ship?

5. What is the symbolism of the red stained glass through which Joan views the world?

6. Who is Matilda and what are the circumstances in which her mother is cruel to Morris?

7. How did Georgia meet Maya and Raymond as well as Hilda and Harvey? What secret does Georgia learn about the marriages of these two couples?

8. What did Anita learn about Margot when her mother visited her in the hospital after her appendix surgery?

9. 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?

10. What is Joan's married life like and what does she learn about the relationship between Morris and Matilda?

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