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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do people in Rain Valley often go silent when Cal's wife Lisa is mentioned?
(a) She has bipolar disorder.
(b) She is a kleptomaniac.
(c) She is a compulsive liar.
(d) She is chronically unfaithful.

2. What word does Alice say when Julia hears her speak a word for the first time?
(a) Milk.
(b) He.
(c) Stay.
(d) Home.

3. Which character does Julia name as having taught her that she should avoid men who play games?
(a) Steven.
(b) Cal.
(c) Philip.
(d) Max.

4. Julia and Ellie's mother had confided in which character(s) about the deepest secrets of her marriage?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Julia.
(c) Julia and Ellie.
(d) Earl.

5. In what field had Julia's last boyfriend Philip been employed?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Science.
(c) Public relations.
(d) Journalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does Julia live when the narrative first begins?

2. Julia recalls that at her mother's funeral, which character had "taken care of everything and everyone" (94)?

3. Julia comes to the conclusion that Alice has "the verbal skills of a" (230) what?

4. Julia fills one area of Alice's bedroom with how many potted plants?

5. The narrator states that for Julia, everything "in the past year, every thought and deed, led her back to" (51) what emotion?

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