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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 kind of course did Jay pay for with his GI benefits?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Auto mechanics.
(c) Art.
(d) Culinary.

2. Who is Avey's youngest daughter?
(a) Marie.
(b) Marion.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Melanie.

3. What did Avey fix for her family on Sunday mornings?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Coffee cake.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Grits.

4. What language do the people at the harbor speak?
(a) Swedish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Patois.
(d) German.

5. Why had Jay and Avey moved into the tiny bedroom in the apartment?
(a) Their room was being remodeled.
(b) They were waiting on new furniture.
(c) The girls were in the larger room.
(d) It was cooler in the summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jay react to Avey's reproaches about infidelity?

2. How does Avey approach Jay on the question of infidelity?

3. Which of the following are Avey's plans?

4. In what state is Tatem Island located?

5. Why does Avey feel guilty in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Avey realize about Jay on the night of the big fight?

2. Who is the main character of the story and what is she doing as the novel opens?

3. What happened when Avey finally let loose with her suspicions of Jay?

4. How does Avey try to sort out the mess she seems to be in at the harbor?

5. Describe how Jay works hard to provide for his family at the expense of his own soul.

6. What were Avey's daughters' opinions of Avey going on the Caribbean cruise?

7. Whose transformation begins in Chapter 3 after Avey and Jay's big fight?

8. What reaction does Avey have to her sleek, white hotel?

9. What does Avey recall about the hard financial times they had during their early marriage?

10. What visions does Avey have during the night she spends at the hotel?

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