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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irene recalls a trip to what city?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) St. Louis.

2. How do Irene and Gertrude feel about John?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Angry.
(c) Regret.
(d) Upset.

3. Where does Irene has the cab driver to take her?
(a) A quiet place.
(b) A distant place.
(c) A cool place.
(d) A cheap place.

4. Whom do Irene and Gertrude talk about?
(a) Clare.
(b) Clare and John.
(c) Clare's father.
(d) John Bellew.

5. Why does Irene bring up Junior's problems?
(a) She wants Brian to pay more attention to Junior.
(b) She wants Brian to talk to Junior.
(c) She wants Brian to take Junior away.
(d) She wants Brian to complain to the school.

6. Who escorts Irene to breakfast?
(a) Brian.
(b) Her father.
(c) John.
(d) Gertrude.

7. Who is Clare's husband?
(a) Charles Bell.
(b) John Belling.
(c) John Bellew.
(d) Charles Bellew.

8. How does Irene want to respond to John Bellew?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Defend her race.
(c) Agree with him.
(d) Tell him off.

9. Clare can pass as _________.
(a) Asian.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Latino.

10. What relationship does Gertrude have to Irene?
(a) Childhood friend.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Former colleague.
(d) Niece.

11. Whom is Irene determined not to see again?
(a) Clare Kendry.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her boyfriend.

12. When does Irene decide to respond to Clare's letter?
(a) The day she receives it.
(b) Never.
(c) The day after she receives it.
(d) The next week.

13. What does Brian think is appropriate for Junior to learn?
(a) What is taught at his school.
(b) How to take up for himself.
(c) A foreign language.
(d) What the other kids are telling him.

14. Brian and Irene's marriage is vulnerable to ____________.
(a) Infidelity.
(b) Clare's attractriveness.
(c) Outside influence.
(d) Stress from raising the children.

15. Who sits near Irene at the hotel?
(a) An old couple.
(b) A young couple.
(c) Two men.
(d) Two women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship did the woman have to Irene?

2. What is the name of the woman who comes to Claire's table?

3. What has Junior been hearing at school?

4. Who talked Brian out of moving to Brazil?

5. What do Brian and Irene discuss as they eat breakfast?

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