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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which object belonging to George's mother went "missing in the panic and aftermath" (179) of her death?
(a) Her cell phone.
(b) Her laptop.
(c) Her passport.
(d) Her cat.

2. What adjective does Henry use to describe the room at the museum where Francesco's painting is hung?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Cold.
(c) Sterile.
(d) Welcoming.

3. What word had George's mother intended to write on the window above the politician's head as he sat eating a meal at a restaurant?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Thief.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Liar.

4. At what time of the morning does H knock on George's door on New Year's Day, the first time she visits her home?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) Half past 1.
(d) Half past 4.

5. What is the title of the record George recalls once laughing about with her mother and father?
(a) Tell Laura I Love Her.
(b) One Little Robin in a Cherry Tree.
(c) Buffalo Girl.
(d) Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree.

6. What term indicating class status had George's father applied to George's mother's class origins?
(a) Academic.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Socialite.
(d) Working class.

7. How many minutes at a time is George usually able to watch the pornographic video in her daily ritual?
(a) 5.
(b) 15
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

8. George had been shocked to learn that her mother had once been kissed by whom?
(a) Mrs. Rock.
(b) George's paternal aunt.
(c) George's paternal uncle.
(d) Lisa.

9. Which character had George pretended to be while communicating with Lisa?
(a) George's mother.
(b) Henry.
(c) H.
(d) George's father.

10. George's eye keeps being drawn to a strip of what color in Francesco's painting?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

11. What emotion is Henry really feeling when he tells George that he is bored?
(a) Grief.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Excitement.

12. How many seconds in length is the video George has of her mother as a little girl?
(a) 36.
(b) 12.
(c) 48.
(d) 24.

13. What substance does George's father abuse after the death of his wife/George's mother?
(a) Muscle relaxants.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Pain medication.

14. What romantic gesture does H make toward George for the first time on her third visit to George's house?
(a) She kisses George's mouth.
(b) She puts her arm around George.
(c) She kisses George's forehead.
(d) She interlaces her fingers with George's.

15. The third time H visits George's home, George is caught unawares in which room in the house?
(a) Her father's office.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) Her mother's study.
(d) Her loft bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once H has departed from George's house, the narrator states of George, "She is not a girl. She is a" (246) what?

2. George notes that the Italian town with the museum has what two qualities?

3. How many screens had George been viewing at once when her mother told her she was "a migrant of [her] own existence" (194)?

4. What term had George's mother used to describe the chances of Francesco having been a female artist?

5. People not well-acquainted with H call her by what name?

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