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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. Jill offers to barter with Lewis by offering tap-dancing lesson in exchange for ___________________.
(a) Legal advice.
(b) A car.
(c) A flat.
(d) Dinner.

2. How old is Julia?
(a) 29.
(b) 18.
(c) 37.
(d) 22.

3. What crime had Rita's husband committed?
(a) He robbed an electronics store.
(b) He set fire to a church.
(c) He kidnapped a young boy.
(d) He killed Rita's best friend.

4. What is the name of the white man whom Rita is seeing?
(a) Jerry Gerard.
(b) Andy Sparks.
(c) Phil Sloane.
(d) Neil Lane.

5. What does Margaret do with the stolen items before she goes into another store?
(a) Asks an attendant to keep them.
(b) Takes them home.
(c) Leaves them in the car.
(d) Checks them into the store's lockers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pat need to find?

2. What is Rita's home country?

3. What is the narrator's job?

4. Jill has a career in __________________.

5. Which of the following is NOT something that upsets the narrator regarding temp workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does May receive from her Australian roommate at the clinic?

2. What is the source of Lisa's anxiety regarding her affair?

3. Why is May especially skittish about having the abortion?

4. What does Lisa learn from the street vendor?

5. What is May's situation in "Shepherd's Bush"?

6. Describe Rita, the latest temp hired by the newspaper.

7. What facts does Pat eventually learn about Marigold's manipulations and feigned illness?

8. What is the premise of "Bond Street"?

9. Why is Frankie determined to win over her new boss' wife?

10. What shocking information does Sophie learn from some customers?

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