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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 do the women pause to look at as they leave the hospice?
(a) A fountain
(b) A rose garden
(c) A plaque
(d) A flock of birds

2. What is not one of the things Professor Dipple and Cilla Whitney ask Viv when she wants to leave school?
(a) Are you planning to get pregnant
(b) Are you transferring
(c) Are you pregnant
(d) Are you using birth control

3. What does the instructor ask Viv to do?
(a) Tutor some students
(b) Take the class again
(c) Read aloud from her notebook
(d) Teach the class

4. What is the most important thing the women think their children should have?
(a) Character
(b) Straight teeth
(c) Money
(d) Trust fund

5. What had Don given Viv just the week before?
(a) A car
(b) Chocolates
(c) Flowers
(d) A ring

Short Answer Questions

1. Viv allows herself to muse silently about ___________________ and Cilla Whitney.

2. Where is the group gathering in this section?

3. Where do the women assemble for their meeting?

4. What does Louise wear to have her pictures taken?

5. Where had Viv been enrolled in college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the setting for this section?

3. Why are the women meeting at the hospice?

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

5. What is the reason for the party Canoe is hosting today?

6. How does Louise's photo shoot come to an end?

7. How do Judy's friends integrate and make themselves welcome with the other hospice guests?

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

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

10. Why is Viv's "beginning of the end" most significant for all the women?

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