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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. What is Boyd's and Maxwell's relationship?
(a) They are old neighbors.
(b) They are uncle and nephew.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are father and son.

2. What does Darisse do the morning after Claude failed to show up at the bar in Chapter 3?
(a) She drives to New York to see if she can find him.
(b) She texts and calls all Claude's friends.
(c) She goes to the motel she knows Claude usually stays at with his friends to see if they are there.
(d) She threatens Claude's mother.

3. Who drives Teddy to the repair shop to pick up his truck?
(a) Alice.
(b) Sally.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Leah.

4. What happens with Teddy's insurance company?
(a) It sues Teddy for fraud.
(b) It goes bankrupt.
(c) It pays Teddy more than he expected.
(d) It eventually pays him for the accident, but the payment is late and not nearly as large as Teddy thinks it should have been.

5. Which friend of Kiki's does Kiki try to get Reyna to visit in Instanbul?
(a) Pat.
(b) Osman.
(c) Emir.
(d) Raymond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Reyna really want Kiki to stay with her while Kiki's power is out?

2. How does Darisse feel when Claude does not show up at the bar to meet her in Chapter 3?

3. What does Darisse do for Lionel in order to placate him so she can keep seeing her daughter?

4. What is Claude's last name?

5. Where is Kiki's husband Osman from originally?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sally tell Teddy she is breaking off their affair?

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

3. Why do Boyd and his friends ask Reyna to drive one of the runs to Virginia to smuggle cigarettes?

4. How does Lionel treat Darisse when she comes to pick up her daughter?

5. What was the main reason that Teddy and Sally got divorced?

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

7. How does Darisse meet SIlas, the man she ends up dating after she realizes Claude has disappeared?

8. Who is Reyna upset to hear is coming to visit Boyd at Rikers Island and why is she upset about it?

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

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

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