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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 is the name of one of the mountains Senderovsky can see after he picks up Ed at the train station?
(a) Balsam.
(b) Slide.
(c) Peekamoose.
(d) Meenahga.

2. How many months of the year does Masha remember that she spent in a faded redbrick apartment as a child before her vacation?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

3. What type of seeds does Nat say that Steve plants around the lawn?
(a) Sunflower.
(b) Acorn.
(c) Coneflowers.
(d) Walnut.

4. In Act 2, Chapter 4, who does Masha find naked on her front porch?
(a) Ed.
(b) Karen.
(c) Vinod.
(d) The Actor.

5. What is the name of Karen's ex-husband?
(a) Charles.
(b) Phillip.
(c) Leon.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Karen, Vinod, and Senderovsky meet?

2. What is the name of Vinod's book?

3. Where did Masha spend part of her growing up years?

4. In Act 2, Chapter 1, when he lights Dee's cigarette, where does he remember being propositioned over a cigarette?

5. When Karen remembers Vinod telling her about his novel when he was a graduate student, what part of town does she remember the bar was in where they were talking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vinod come to the Actor's bungalow in Act 2, Chapter 5?

2. What does Masha consider about what else she has to do as she talks to a patient in Act 2, Chapter 4?

3. Where has Ed traveled since December?

4. What does Vinod see as Senderovsky drives off from the bus station?

5. What chaos is there at the House on the Hill in Act 1, Chapter 1?

6. In Chapter 7, what does the narrator comment about alcohol and writing?

7. Why does the Actor come running out of his bungalow naked?

8. What does Masha wonder about the Teva sandals box in the attic?

9. What character was the Actor supposed to play in the adaptation of one of Senderovsky's early novels?

10. How does Masha feel when Karen puts Nat to bed?

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