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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bud do as his first job after fleeing to Lizzie's apartment?
(a) Pizza delivery driver.
(b) Summer school assistant teacher.
(c) Unofficial cab driver.
(d) Janitor at a local elementary school.

2. What organization does Bud's father belong to?
(a) The Garden and Horticultural Society.
(b) John Birch Society.
(c) John Maple Society.
(d) The Republican's for Freedom Society.

3. What is the first documentary Tara makes about?
(a) Urban rats.
(b) Sea urchins.
(c) Desserts.
(d) Kathmandu.

4. Once he decides to go back to college, how many years does it take Bud to finish school?
(a) 3.5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 8 years.

5. What does Apsara's name mean?
(a) Free dancer.
(b) Celestial dancer.
(c) Moon.
(d) One with the wind.

6. What does Quinn, Frankie's boyfriend after Gil, see that is unique about Frankie's job as a doctor's office receptionist?
(a) She has a perfect view of the safe in the office.
(b) She is well positioned to steal pharmaceutical drugs.
(c) She works late and sees how the doors are specially locked and unlocked.
(d) She comes in early and has the office to herself most mornings.

7. What surprises Frankie the most about returning to the U.S.?
(a) How Americans watch TV at night.
(b) How Americans eat in their cars.
(c) How Americans keep the electricity on all the time.
(d) How Americans are not very friendly to each other.

8. Where does Gil allow Tara to visit in order to shoot her documentary?
(a) The beach he owned in Florida.
(b) The industrial mills he owned in Asia.
(c) The warehouses he owned in New York.
(d) The second, historic home he owned in Connecticut.

9. After Nepal, where do Tara and her family move?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

10. What color is the ribbon Nadia leaves out in honor of Saul?
(a) Orange.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Violet.

11. Which character from the novel's previous chapters does Bud meet?
(a) Saul.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Abby.

12. Even though Rachel's brother and his partner broke up, what do they still share?
(a) A bed.
(b) Their pet poodle.
(c) A car.
(d) A Netflix account.

13. What is the reason Bud believes girls like him?
(a) For his aloofness.
(b) For his charm and sense of humor.
(c) For his intelligence and street smarts.
(d) For his good looks.

14. Before getting sick, why did Rachel's brother believe online reading was important?
(a) He believed it was a victory over capitalistic endeavors.
(b) He believed it allowed better access to learning.
(c) He believed it would allow more people to become educated.
(d) He believed it would open up more opportunities for children to love reading.

15. One his 21st birthday, what are the two things Bud does?
(a) Call his parents and apply for a hack license.
(b) Write a letter to his parents and eat an entire pizza.
(c) Get drunk at a bar until 3:00 a.m. and break into a grocery store.
(d) Call both of his ex-girlfriends, Lizzie and Eileen, and sing karaoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. After years of traveling around the world, where does Frankie see Gil's name when she is back in the U.S.?

2. When Frankie decides to leave the office, what type of flowers does she bring in as an apology for leaving?

3. What movie does Tara's father take Frankie and her sister to go see after their return to the U.S.?

4. At Cecelia's wedding, Bud learns that his parents are divorcing. What does his father do when his wife tells him she wants a divorce?

5. When Rachel was dating Bud, what did she believe money did to people?

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