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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the church in which 31-year-old Claudia made her prayer?
(a) United Methodist Church of England.
(b) First Church of England.
(c) First Baptist Church of England.
(d) St. George's Cathedral.

2. Who sits by Claudia on a guided tour of the pyramids that she takes later in life?
(a) A Texan.
(b) Tom.
(c) Her best friend Camille.
(d) A woman from England.

3. Who picks up Claudia from the airport in Chapter 3?
(a) Jasper and Lisa.
(b) Lisa and Sylvia.
(c) Gordon and Sylvia.
(d) Gordon and Lisa.

4. How old was Lisa when she got married?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 30.
(d) 17.

5. How did the World War II soldiers that Claudia worked around disguise their horror?
(a) With banal language.
(b) By taking drugs.
(c) They couldn't.
(d) With vandalism.

6. What, according to this book, do most "typical" moms do?
(a) Work in an exciting career.
(b) Drink sherry and go shopping.
(c) Homeschool their children.
(d) Spend time with their children.

7. Who creates a secret ritual to make Claudia disappear?
(a) A witch.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Lisa.

8. In Claudia's view, what is "history?"
(a) Something that is dead.
(b) Old stuff that had to be learned in school.
(c) The result of mundane travelers.
(d) Something that is alive and exciting.

9. Why doesn't Lisa tell her mother about her affair?
(a) Her mother would approve.
(b) Her mother would disapprove.
(c) Her mother would tell everyone.
(d) Her mother might tell her husband.

10. What does the reader learn in Chapter 1 that Claudia and her brother collected on the beach as children?
(a) Sand dollars.
(b) Fossils.
(c) Shells.
(d) Hermit crabs.

11. As Claudia reminisces in Chapter 2, what subject does she recall her brother being tutored in when she was 13?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Math.
(d) Latin.

12. Who says the flower Claudia receives in the hospital is delicate?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Claudia.
(c) The nurse.
(d) The doctor.

13. Who says that refusing to believe in destiny is mere self-indulgence?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Lisa.

14. What is the name of the man with whom Lisa is having an affair?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Harry.
(c) Henry.
(d) Paul.

15. What event follows Lisa's baptism?
(a) Dinner at a favorite restaurant.
(b) An elegant tea.
(c) A casual potluck.
(d) Cake and punch in the fellowship hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what was the command for the special trick the dog would do?

2. How many soldiers were discovered wounded at the armored car wreckage?

3. What do the hippos in the zoo eat?

4. Who does Claudia call an "unprincipled bastard?"

5. What does Claudia tell the nurse she is writing in Chapter 1?

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