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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Seraphina do after reading the email from one of the nannies?
(a) She lies on the kitchen floor.
(b) She lies under her covers in bed.
(c) She leaves the house without a word.
(d) She hides in the bathroom and cries.

2. What type of baby does Hadley choose to borrow?
(a) The loudest, grouchiest baby.
(b) The fattest, happiest looking baby.
(c) The quietest, saddest looking baby.
(d) The one which most resembles Hadley.

3. What is Seraphina's son's name?
(a) George.
(b) Geordie.
(c) Geoff.
(d) Jordan.

4. How long are Gabriella and Chloe said to be away for?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 2 years.

5. Why does Seraphina feel her husband is incapable of inspiring anger in her?
(a) He takes care of all the household chores.
(b) He is not interesting enough.
(c) He can do no wrong.
(d) He treats her like a queen.

6. What is Seraphina's daughter's name?
(a) Elise.
(b) Alexis.
(c) Ella.
(d) Eliza.

7. What example does one of the women who visits Hadley use as proof that Hadley's life may not have purpose?
(a) She borrowed a baby.
(b) She has sex with too many men.
(c) She is a waitress.
(d) She drinks too much.

8. What does Seraphina accuse her husband of when he suggests she is angry?
(a) Being sexist.
(b) Being racist.
(c) Being a jerk.
(d) Being stupid.

9. What does Seraphina suspect about her nannies?
(a) They are brainwashing her children.
(b) They are going to quit.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) They are stealing.

10. What does the email one of the nannies wrote to Seraphina weeks before say?
(a) The email says she quit.
(b) The emails says she thinks Seraphina is a terrible mother.
(c) The email says she wants to adopt Seraphina's children.
(d) The email says she will be going on vacation.

11. Who believes that the nannies love their job more than Seraphina loved being a mother?
(a) Seraphina.
(b) The nannies.
(c) Seraphina's husband.
(d) Hadley.

12. Where do the women who visit Hadley say they are from?
(a) The Society of Venus.
(b) The Aphrodite Association.
(c) The Cupid Consortium.
(d) Aeneas' Angels.

13. What does Hadley think about doing with the baby after she takes her from the library?
(a) She thinks of sending her to Iceland.
(b) She thinks of running away with her.
(c) She thinks of bringing her to her parents and pretending the baby is hers.
(d) She thinks of returning her.

14. What did Seraphina often fantasize about before becoming licensed?
(a) Having a huge wedding.
(b) Being unlicensed and free.
(c) Being a wife.
(d) Being a mother.

15. Why are Seraphina and her husband able to afford two nannies?
(a) Paul is wealthy.
(b) Seraphina is wealthy.
(c) They found inexpensive nannies.
(d) The government pays for childcare.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Seraphina feel about her children?

2. Who tells Seraphina that the nannies have left?

3. How do the women who visit Hadley feel about their lot as unlicensed women?

4. What does Seraphina's husband always seem to think Seraphina may do at any moment?

5. What does Seraphina do after she learns the nannies are not there and her son says he is hungry?

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