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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. Where does Reyna work?
(a) In a brow bar.
(b) In an art gallery.
(c) In a doctor's office.
(d) In a veterinarian's office.

2. Why is Boyd not able to drive on his and his friends' trips to Virginia?
(a) He was convicted of drunk driving and permanently lost his license.
(b) He never got his license.
(c) His license is suspended for 6 months as part of his jail sentence.
(d) He is afraid to drive on the highway.

3. What city does Kiki travel to in her twenties, where she meets the man who will eventually become her husband?
(a) Budapest.
(b) Cappadocia.
(c) Prague.
(d) Istanbul.

4. What does Boyd buy for Reyna's apartment with his smuggling money?
(a) A big television.
(b) A new computer.
(c) A new stove.
(d) A new desk.

5. Which stoic does Kiki tell Reyna she should read in Chapter 2?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Zeno.
(c) Cleanthes.
(d) Marcus Aurelius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claude's last name?

2. Where do Silas's children live?

3. How often does Reyna go to visit Boyd at Rikers Island?

4. What is Oliver's father's name?

5. What does Reyna tell Boyd about cigarette smuggling to try to discourage him from doing it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kiki end up doing for a living after her own shop fails, and how does her family feel about it?

2. In the midst of Hurricane Sandy, what does Reyna's father call her and ask her to do?

3. What does Reyna think might be in her apartment somewhere, and what does she plan to do with it if she finds it?

4. What is Reyna's first reaction when Boyd tells her about the cigarette-smuggling plans?

5. Why does Kiki's Turkish boyfriend, who later becomes her husband, stop selling carpets?

6. What was Reyna's real reason for wanting Kiki to stay with her and Oliver during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy?

7. What is Darisse's job and what is the reader's impression of how well she performs it?

8. Why does Teddy have financial problems following Claude's crashing into his truck?

9. How does Kiki's attitude toward Reyna change after Hurricane Sandy?

10. What does Darisse tell Silas about where Jesuauna's present from Claude came from?

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