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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. Sandy is a recent graduate of _________________ school.
(a) Cooking.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Interior design.

2. Pat breaks down on the way to __________________.
(a) The funeral.
(b) The matinee.
(c) The car dealership.
(d) The orgy.

3. How old is Mary when she decides to return home from being estranged from her family?
(a) 39.
(b) 27.
(c) 42.
(d) 50.

4. Who is the school teacher who befriends Vera?
(a) Miss Strawn.
(b) Miss Andrews.
(c) Miss Voiles.
(d) Miss Kerrigan.

5. Who is the customer with whom Nan has a fight?
(a) Shirley.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Bernice.
(d) Justine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rose watches a woman dote over her _________________ in a coffee bar.

2. Who is Adam's sister?

3. How old was Vera when she had rheumatic fever?

4. What city would Rose's father love to visit?

5. Brixton is a neighborhood heavily populated with ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rose want to take her father to Paris?

2. What is Eve's focus with the work she does for individual women?

3. Why does Nan especially enjoy having Shirley as a customer?

4. Who is Mary and what preoccupies her thoughts as the Christmas holiday approaches?

5. What is the premise of "Stockwell"?

6. How does Pat thwart Stuart's plans for them to participate in an orgy?

7. What is the premise of "Seven Sisters"?

8. What does Mona learn about her own mother's view of her death from cancer that is similar to her own?

9. What are Eve's philosophies for helping women get ahead and when does she know to move on to the next opportunity?

10. How does Shirley prove to be the most sensitive person in the story?

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