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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rachel say is hard to include in a book when the author has to move the plot forward?
(a) Long descriptions.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Recipes.
(d) Symbols.

2. What color hair does Julie have?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blond.

3. What newspaper did Rachel work at when she was a journalist?
(a) New York World-Telegram and Sun.
(b) Washington Post.
(c) Boston Globe.
(d) Chicago Tribune.

4. Who is Juanita?
(a) Thelma's travel agent.
(b) Betty's maid.
(c) Thelma's realtor.
(d) Rachel's maid.

5. What did Rachel get from the owner of Chez Helene?
(a) Recipe for bread pudding.
(b) Fresh tomotoes.
(c) Cookbook.
(d) Bottle of wine.

6. Who did Helen Finkle fall in love with?
(a) Rachel's husband.
(b) Thelma's cousin.
(c) Richard's friend.
(d) Her secretary.

7. What does Rachel trip over when she is snooping outside the Rice's house?
(a) Wire.
(b) Log.
(c) Rake.
(d) Garden hose.

8. What is the name of Rachel and Mark's second son?
(a) Timothy.
(b) Nathaniel.
(c) Robert.
(d) Scott.

9. What color hair does Richard Finkle have?
(a) Red.
(b) Blond.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

10. Who is the note from that Rachel reads after she returns to Washington in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Andy.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Richard.
(d) Harry.

11. What color hair does Rachel's second son have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blond.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

12. What is Marvin's occupation?
(a) Fireman.
(b) Obstretrician.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Dentist.

13. What does Rachel discover in the copy of the Washington Post she finds in Mark's office?
(a) Thelma's divorce announcement.
(b) Personal ads.
(c) Circled real estate listings.
(d) Mark's column.

14. Who takes Rachel to the hospital when she is at the Rice's house?
(a) Juanita.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Mark.

15. What time does the last Eastern Airlines shuttle to Washington leave from New York?
(a) Nine p.m.
(b) Ten p.m.
(c) Eight p.m.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rachel send flying into a row of spectators during her cooking demonstration?

2. Whose car does Rachel borrow in order to get to the Rice's house?

3. What is Rachel's position on nouvelle cuisine?

4. How many pounds does Rachel and Mark's second son weigh at birth?

5. Where was Julie working when Arthur met her?

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