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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. Who is Vanessa's husband?
(a) Fred.
(b) Henry.
(c) Michael.
(d) Richard.

2. What does Hester not like?
(a) The big tree.
(b) The blanket.
(c) The front hall.
(d) The back hall.

3. Where does Neera live?
(a) Atlanta suburbs.
(b) Seattle suburbs.
(c) London.
(d) Barcelona.

4. What does May want to do for Neera?
(a) Financial planning.
(b) Predict the weather.
(c) Cook.
(d) Weed and take care of the garden.

5. What does May do in her dream where she and her brother are playing house?
(a) A lot of cleaning.
(b) Planting flowers.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Blake and May plant together in Part IV?

2. What does the bedroom May has used since her mother died overlook?

3. What is the only makeup Vanessa wears?

4. Why does Leo like petunias?

5. What does May use for thank-you notes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does May's story gain national traction?

2. What is Vanessa preparing for when May visits her?

3. What does May notice about Vanessa's relationship with her mother?

4. Who does Leo's correspondence inspire May to connect with in the same way?

5. What does Neera refer to as her arrangement with Adam?

6. What is one thing that makes May uncomfortable at night in Vanessa's?

7. What does the word "shelter" mostly mean to May?

8. What happens on the beginning of May's trip to London?

9. What tree survived the Oklahoma City bombing, and what does it represent to May?

10. What does May mostly decide to do when Neera tells her about her marital problems?

(see the answer keys)

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