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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. Which author does Melissa particularly like?
(a) Conrad.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Twain.
2. Where does Melissa go in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) To Bruce Wiley's house.
(b) To Hazel's house.
(c) To a fortune-teller.
(d) Out for a swim.
3. What does Melissa particularly hate about cleaning her house in Chapter 3?
(a) The way the paint always chips when she touches it.
(b) The dirt that Michael tracks in on his shoes.
(c) The way she always gets slivers from the banister.
(d) The copious amount of dust in it.
4. What kind of a class does Melissa take Blake to in Chapter 5?
(a) A parent-child music class.
(b) A parent-child painting class.
(c) A parent-child science class.
(d) A baby dance class.
5. What was one metric by which the success of the party in Chapter 1 was measured?
(a) By how many empty bottles there were.
(b) By how much food was eaten.
(c) By how many people stayed over at the house.
(d) By how long guests actually jumped to the Kris Kross song "Jump."
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the headmistress at Ria's school?
2. What kind of birth experience does Melissa want to have for her second child?
3. What does the exterminator tell Melissa she has to buy to take care of her infestation?
4. What is the house in the poem at the start of the novel made of?
5. Who calls Melissa during her Saturday shopping trip that annoys her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Damian suggest to Michael that might be wrong with Melissa in Chapter 7?
2. Why is Michael so late to his engagement with Ria in Chapter 6?
3. Why does Mrs. Jackson need help in Chapter 3?
4. What is the short poem that begins the novel about, and who wrote it?
5. What does Ria often wear that is first mentioned in Chapter 3?
6. At Ria's school's cultural night, who steals the show?
7. When does Melissa start to notice Hazel's eyes glazing over in Chapter 7?
8. What large project does the former occupant of Melissa and Michael's house undertake just before his marriage falls apart?
9. 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?
10. What does Melissa see on the street near the church by their house in Chapter 6 that scares her, and why does it scare her?
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