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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Gertrude and Alice?
(a) Cannie's neighbors.
(b) Tanya's cats.
(c) Tanya's sisters.
(d) Cannie's nieces.

2. What proclamation does Bruce make when he sits down on his bed?
(a) "I'll never be as good a man as my father."
(b) "I never understood my father."
(c) "I've never been in love before."
(d) "I've been a child my whole life."

3. How does Cannie think houses owned by married couples differ from those owned by single parents?
(a) Houses owned by married couples always have pools.
(b) Houses owned by married couples are better cared for.
(c) Houses owned by married couples are larger.
(d) Houses owned by married couples are full of activity.

4. Where does Cannie go to interview Maxi Ryder?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

5. How does Cannie describe the funeral?
(a) As awkward.
(b) As agony.
(c) As sobering.
(d) As enlightening.

6. Where did Cannie and Bruce meet?
(a) At work.
(b) At school.
(c) At a party.
(d) At a bar.

7. What does Cannie hope to show Jane Sloan?
(a) Her latest magazine article.
(b) A manuscript.
(c) A screenplay.
(d) Her sister's headshots.

8. As a teenager, how did Cannie cope with her father being emotionally absent?
(a) By being tough and sarcastic.
(b) By abusing drugs and alcohol.
(c) By seeking male attention elsewhere.
(d) By being sweet and obedient to her mother.

9. Where does Cannie go at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) An Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
(b) A weight and eating disorders center.
(c) A Weight Watchers meeting.
(d) A gym.

10. As a teenager, how did Cannie cope with her belief that her father didn't love her?
(a) By trying to be invisible.
(b) By running away from home.
(c) By acting out.
(d) By doing drugs.

11. What does Lily wish was still available for purchase?
(a) Dexfenfluramine.
(b) Taranabant.
(c) Aminorex.
(d) Phen Fen.

12. What do Bruce and his friends do in his childhood bedroom?
(a) Play charades.
(b) Drink alcohol.
(c) Smoke marijuana.
(d) Sleep.

13. Who molested Tanya in the past?
(a) Her priest.
(b) Her neighbor.
(c) Her piano teacher.
(d) Her uncle.

14. What does Samantha say would happen if Cannie and Bruce got back together?
(a) Bruce would cheat on Cannie.
(b) Cannie would dump Bruce again.
(c) Cannie and Bruce would get married.
(d) Cannie would get hurt.

15. Who does Cannie find waiting at her apartment when she returns from Samantha's in Chapter 9?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Maxi.
(c) Steve.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hotel is the interview being held at?

2. What is Cannie's dog named?

3. What does Steve do for a living?

4. What do Cannie and Maxi talk about in the bathroom?

5. Where does Cannie wake up in Chapter 9?

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