View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Melissa arrange to do with a friend the following weekend at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Go to New York City for a weekend.
(b) Go to the beauty parlor.
(c) Go shopping.
(d) Go to a fancy new restaurant.

2. What was one metric by which the success of the party in Chapter 1 was measured?
(a) By how many people stayed over at the house.
(b) By how many empty bottles there were.
(c) By how much food was eaten.
(d) By how long guests actually jumped to the Kris Kross song "Jump."

3. What does the note Gabriele places on the bathroom mirror in Chapter 1 say?
(a) To please treat the house like a house, not a nightclub.
(b) The tap is leaky.
(c) Not to flush anything but toilet paper.
(d) Not to do drugs in the bathroom.

4. What game does Ria propose playing with Damian's and Stephanie's children?
(a) Tag.
(b) Charades.
(c) A game that involves imaginary shrinking.
(d) Uno.

5. What does the exterminator tell Melissa people always comment on?
(a) His small portable printer.
(b) His neat handwriting.
(c) His uniform.
(d) His kind manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the guest performer at the event Michael is taking Ria to in Chapter 6?

2. What is a problem with the room in Michael's and Melissa's house where the children sleep?

3. Where in 13 Paradise Row do Michael and Melissa have a tense conversation in Chapter 6?

4. What ethnic background does Melissa most strongly identify with?

5. Which musician does Michael particularly like in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Michael so late to his engagement with Ria in Chapter 6?

2. What tragic event from the Civil Rights era does the image of the Obama children from the 2008 U.S. presidential election evoke for Evans' characters in London?

3. When do both Michael and Melissa realize their date is a total disaster in Chapter 7?

4. What was Michael hoping would happen to revitalize his and Melissa's relationship after the Wiley's party in Chapter 1?

5. What does Michael find himself doing that he knows is a bad idea at the end of Chapter 4 because he is frustrated and lonely?

6. What is Melissa and Michael's address and why is this significant?

7. What is Michael supposed to do with Ria in Chapter 6 that Ria is looking forward to?

8. What does Hazel offer for Melissa in order to try to help her and Michael?

9. At Ria's school's cultural night, who steals the show?

10. What does Michael end up talking to Rachel, the receptionist at his office, about in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 731 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample