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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Clare mentions she would do anything to get what she wants, it
(a) Indicates danger to the children.
(b) Exposes her violent nature.
(c) Was meant to alert Brian of her intentions.
(d) Should have been a clue for Irene.

2. Irene allowing Clare into the private rooms of the house symbolizes
(a) Irene's desire to show Clare her wealth.
(b) Irene's invitation to invade her family.
(c) Irene allowing herself to be vulnerable.
(d) Irene's wish that Clare will love her sons.

3. Soon after Helga is well enough to be out of bed
(a) She packs up to leave.
(b) She rejects Green's advances.
(c) She begins to give birth to her fifth child.
(d) She prays for redemption.

4. What is the trait of Clare's that gossipers have mentioned to Irene?
(a) Clare's gregarious nature.
(b) Clare's having way.
(c) Clare's standoffishness.
(d) Clare's vulnerability.

5. What feelings come up for Irene when remembering her visit with Clare in Chicago
(a) Old ties of friendship.
(b) Shame and sadness.
(c) Anger and humiliation.
(d) Love and longing.

6. What has Irene heard about Clare since they were young?
(a) She has been a housewife.
(b) She has found a career as a dancer.
(c) She is a high fashion model in New York.
(d) She has been seen with rich white men.

7. Brian's comments about sex being a joke indicate that
(a) He is happy with his marriage.
(b) He sees the humor in the jokes.
(c) He thinks sex is hilarious.
(d) He and Irene don't have much of a sex life.

8. Clare is upset that she will have to leave New York to
(a) See her daughter in Switzerland.
(b) Get back into white society.
(c) Retrieve her daughter from Switzerland.
(d) Rejoin her husband in Switzerland.

9. When it comes to Clare's motives, Irene is
(a) Naive.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Outspoken.

10. Why does Irene bring up Junior's exposure to sexually tainted jokes?
(a) She hopes it will spark some life in his eyes.
(b) She is being suggestive.
(c) She is trying to divert Brian's attention.
(d) She wants to punish Brian.

11. Clare's admission that she is lacking in morals
(a) Makes Irene want her away from the children.
(b) Is just Clare being manipulative again.
(c) Foreshadows her affair with Brian.
(d) Makes Irene feel sorry for her.

12. The teacup Irene destroys is
(a) A cheap reproduction.
(b) An heirloom from Brian's family.
(c) A porcelain antique.
(d) Hand-painted.

13. Irene attributes Brian's complete withdrawal to
(a) His increased satisfaction with his job.
(b) His newfound happiness in his marriage.
(c) His sense of guilt.
(d) His continued longing to be in South America.

14. What does Clare's stationery say about her?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) She is plain.
(c) She is wealthy.
(d) She is feminine.

15. Helga finds some satisfaction in
(a) Living in poverty.
(b) Living in the south.
(c) Changing the women in the congregation.
(d) Being a preacher's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Irene bring up Junior being exposed to sexually tinged jokes?

2. Where would Brian prefer to live?

3. Irene knows that she and Brian and their children belong

4. In Chicago, Clare's husband

5. Irene's response to Clare's letter is that she

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