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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. What does Kate say is her mother's opinion of Austen?
(a) That she's a poor writer
(b) That she's racist
(c) That she's condescending to women
(d) That she's viscious against men

2. Where does George ask Ellen to meet him for lunch?
(a) At a grill near their house
(b) At a sushi bar downtown
(c) At a sandwich shop on campus
(d) At a steakhouse several miles from campus

3. What did Mrs. Foburg teach when Ellen was her student?
(a) English
(b) German
(c) Spanish
(d) French

4. What was Ellen's class rank among her high school class?
(a) Number four
(b) Number one
(c) Number two
(d) Number three

5. What does Ellen first think she's hearing when she's wakened by her mother's cries?
(a) The television
(b) A dog
(c) A siren
(d) A baby

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the store Ellen says her mother loves most?

2. What does Kate say she left at City Hall on her wedding day?

3. Where does Ellen go with her brothers for ice cream?

4. What is the store they enter where Ellen has trouble with the wheelchair?

5. What does Ellen break just before preparing to leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellen say about the way people greeted Ellen and Kate?

2. What are some of the noises Ellen hears while she's in jail?

3. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs as Kate and her guests try to decide on a color scheme for decorating the Christmas trees?

4. What questions does Ellen ask about the organization of the book club and what does Kate respond?

5. What is the final thing George says to Ellen before she leaves the restaurant where they'd met for lunch and what is her response?

6. Describe Ellen's brothers.

7. What is Kate's reaction when she first sees the wheelchair?

8. What is Jonathan's relationship with his mother?

9. What are Ellen's thoughts when she goes into her mother's room and sees that she's so emaciated.

10. Describe the story about Ellen that appears in the Tribune.

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