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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 49 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Sorry receive for the drug trial she participated in?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $4,000.

2. What does Penny's father describe cutting in half with scissors as a metaphor for rape in 2005?
(a) A curtain.
(b) An earthworm.
(c) A baby mouse.
(d) A blanket.

3. What does the middle-aged American man wear around his neck in the opening of the novel?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A Tibetan necklace.
(d) An ascot.

4. Penny's father tells her that there is no point in loving people if it makes you do what?
(a) Lose money.
(b) Act phony.
(c) Live in the city.
(d) Hate others.

5. Where did Amalia go to high school?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Nyack.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sorry and Penny prepare to take to the potluck?

2. What drug does Penny say her father used to heal people at his retreat?

3. What does Norm say he has spent half his life studying to the nurse in the hospice care facility in 2016?

4. What is the 13-year-old girl screaming at in the opening of the novel?

5. What is Penny doing when she is first introduced in 2005?

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