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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 had Georgia lost her friend's friendship at one time?
(a) She cheated on her husband.
(b) She tried to seduce her friend's husband.
(c) She was spreading rumors behind her back.
(d) She ruined her cashmere sweater.

2. Which of the following does Joan's mother NOT enjoy doing?
(a) Watch the townspeople.
(b) Baking cakes.
(c) Make jokes about people.
(d) Gives the townspeople nicknames.

3. Why did Teresa come to Canada to live?
(a) She wanted a new life.
(b) She came with her draft-dodger boyfriend.
(c) She was transferred in her job.
(d) She was a war bride.

4. What job did the husband of the woman in #166 have?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He drove a school bus.
(c) He was a plumber.
(d) He was a teacher.

5. What do Anita and the woman in #164 have in common?
(a) They are both the baby of their families.
(b) They have the same middle name.
(c) They grew up on poor farms.
(d) They both are left-handed.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of a childhood accident, Joan's brother ____________________.

2. What observation does Morris' bookkeeper make about Matilda?

3. What is a woman named Karin helping Austin to do as the story begins?

4. What does the snowstorm remind Karin of?

5. What was the profession of the man in #157?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who are June (Bugs) and Averill and what are they doing as the story begins?

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

10. 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?

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