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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Chapters 1 - 2).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Damian and Stephanie go for dinner in Chapter 2?
(a) The Wileys' house.
(b) Stephanie's father's house.
(c) A fancy new restaurant in Black Heath.
(d) Michael's and Melissa's.

2. What kind of birth experience does Melissa want to have for her second child?
(a) A birth with as many painkillers as possible.
(b) A surgical birth.
(c) A VBAC.
(d) A water birth.

3. What is Stephanie repeatedly asking Damian if he has seen in Chapter 2?
(a) The key to the car.
(b) A purple fitted sheet.
(c) The key to the house.
(d) A new set of towels.

4. Who wrote the poem that Evans includes in the novel before Chapter 1?
(a) Dylan Thomas.
(b) Lenny Bruce.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Edward Thomas.

5. What does Melissa envision herself wearing at her imaginary wedding?
(a) A pair of jeans and a tuxedo shirt.
(b) A white suit.
(c) A strapless, electric blue dress.
(d) A red tea-length dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had the Crystal Palace fallen to ruin?

2. What was one metric by which the success of the party in Chapter 1 was measured?

3. What does Melissa see in the bathroom when she and Michael get home from the party in Chapter 1?

4. What breaks in the house at a crucial instant for Michael in Chapter 1?

5. What does the note Gabriele places on the bathroom mirror in Chapter 1 say?

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