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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 creative outlet for the women?
(a) Sewing
(b) Gardening
(c) Craft classes
(d) Nude modeling

2. Which one of the women does the photographer shoot pictures of?
(a) Mimi
(b) Louise
(c) Canoe
(d) Barbara

3. What do the women drink at the foxhunt?
(a) Martinis
(b) Sweet tea
(c) Cider
(d) Wine

4. Betsy comments on the musical and ______________ word "cancer".
(a) unavoidable
(b) startling
(c) hideous
(d) irrevocable

5. With all the women, the beginning of the end came ____________________________.
(a) at the end of the beginning
(b) when they were ready to begin again
(c) when they found a new man
(d) when they reached a new level of awareness

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara have to showcase her marriage to Charles in 1953?

2. What is Canoe's car called?

3. Who will teach the classes?

4. What had been Viv's true ambition?

5. Canoe notes that ___________ are especially frightened by the hounds.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the girls flirting with the boys in the park?

2. How did Viv sell herself out by giving in to societal norms?

3. Explain the metaphor of the fox and the foxhunt.

4. What do the women discuss about the properties of words and lines they read?

5. What topics do the women discuss in their group meeting today?

6. Why are the women meeting at the hospice?

7. What is the setting of this section?

8. What do the women mean about the beginning of the end?

9. How do the women feel about their lives since giving birth to their daughters?

10.

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