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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, where did Mr. Wilkinson move after his wife died?

2. In Chapter 18 on the day the custody hearing decision was announced, what time did Mrs. Richardson get home?

3. In Chapter 14, what was Mia's landlady's name in San Francisco?

4. In Chapter 14, how long was Mia's labor when Pearl was born?

5. In Chapter 11, how much did MoMA pay to add one of Pauline Hawthorne's photographs to their collection?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what did Richardson think she would have done if she had been in Mia's situation?

2. In Chapter 19 what did Mia say to Izzy instead of good-bye?

3. In Chapter 15, what did Mia feel for Lexie when she realized she had had an abortion?

4. What did Izzy do before she left in Chapter 19?

5. Why did Mrs. McCullough think that Bebe might have had an abortion, and what was the real reason behind Bebe's change of appearance?

6. In Chapter 12, what did Trip say when Pearl asked him if they were dating?

7. When Mrs. Richardson asked Elizabeth Manwill for information, what did Elizabeth realize Elena had been doing?

8. In Chapter 12, why did Lexie decide to get an abortion?

9. At the end of Chapter 16, what did Mr. Richardson decide about rules?

10. In Chapter 12, what did Mrs. Richardson find out about Mia from her parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Richardson and Lexie like to be benefactors and help others. How are Mrs. Richardson's and Lexie's motive when they do something for someone? What is communicated about charity and largess through the ways that Mrs. Richardson and Lexie try to help Mia and Pearl?

Essay Topic 2

Izzy decided that her family needed to have a new beginning. Why did Izzy decide that her family needed to have a new beginning? How did her family betray others? Why did Izzy decide that those betrayals indicated that her family needed to start over from scratch?

Essay Topic 3

Mia very carefully chose Pearl’s name. How did Mia choose Pearl’s name? What did the name symbolize?

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