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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. Who does Lucy think the film is pitched towards in Chapter 4?
(a) Middle-class middle-aged people like her.
(b) Middle-class retirees.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Young twenty-somethings.

2. What does Lucy find infuriating about her dinner companions in Chapter 6?
(a) They are friendless.
(b) They are not well-read.
(c) They are bored.
(d) They are angry.

3. What does Paul confront Lucy about in Chapter 7?
(a) Her dating Joseph.
(b) Her spending too much.
(c) Her social media postings.
(d) Her losing her job.

4. How old is Lucy?
(a) 45.
(b) 35.
(c) 50.
(d) 42.

5. Who is the shop assistant that Emma keeps trying to flirt with?
(a) Paul.
(b) Danny.
(c) Peter.
(d) Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Joseph out for a date in Chapter 3?

2. Why is Joseph's dad feeling better than he usually does in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Lucy tell her children she is home early in Chapter 2?

4. What kinds of books does Michael say his daughters mostly read?

5. Who is Lucy waiting in line with at the butcher shop with in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucy feel about sex with Joseph at first in Part II?

2. How does Lucy find herself feeling about Joseph by the end of Part I?

3. How does Paul react to the news of Lucy's relationship with Joseph?

4. How does Joseph feel about Emma's flirting in Part I?

5. How do Al and Dylan get along with Joseph, and what common interests do they have?

6. How does Joseph plan on jump-starting his D.J.-ing in Part II?

7. How does Lucy handle talking about Joseph to her friends in Part II?

8. Why is Lucy in the process of separating from her husband Paul?

9. Why are Joseph's father and mother voting for the U.K. to leave the European Union?

10. What does Joseph really want to do for a career, even though he knows it is unrealistic, and why?

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