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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. The second time H visits George's house, they go together to what kind of establishment to talk?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A mall.
(c) A parking structure.
(d) A playground.

2. During the conversation near the castle, George's mother scolded Henry for what transgression?
(a) Swearing.
(b) Playing a violent video game.
(c) Spitting.
(d) Interrupting.

3. In what location does George generally engage in her daily ritual viewing of the pornographic video?
(a) The garden.
(b) On the train.
(c) Her loft bedroom.
(d) The park.

4. George notes that the Italian town with the museum has what two qualities?
(a) It is ancient and intricate.
(b) It is bright and shiny.
(c) It is beautiful and ugly.
(d) It is bright and grim.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of H's visit with George and Henry on the morning of New Year's Day, George is shocked to realize that she has taken what action three times?

2. What objects were always embedded in the stationery George's mother provided for the family's New Year's ritual?

3. In what month did George's mother want to watch a meteor shower?

4. What position does Mrs. Rock hold within George's secondary school?

5. What is the first name of George's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of conflicts have been revealed so far within the text? Give a brief example of at least two conflicts unfolding at the center of the text.

2. Give an example of a piece of dialogue in How to Be Both that reflects the theme of connection.

3. How did George's mother react to George's confession about Lisa?

4. Discuss an instance when Smith injects humor into a memory George has of her late mother.

5. Discuss a metaphor Smith uses to indicate George's concern that she may be unable to love.

6. What piece of information did George's mother forget during their time in Italy and why did this event upset George?

7. What timeline does George provide on the first page of the section entitled Eyes and what is its significance?

8. What does the damage in George's house symbolize?

9. For what reason is George unable to find out what songs her mother had danced to during her morning ritual?

10. What location in her bedroom does George take great pains to hide from her father and why?

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