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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rachel's brother calls her one day to say he feels better. What does he tell Rachel that he finally ate?
(a) Leftover vanilla birthday cake.
(b) Mint chocolate chip ice cream.
(c) A Snickers bar.
(d) An entire chocolate bar.

2. One his 21st birthday, what are the two things Bud does?
(a) Write a letter to his parents and eat an entire pizza.
(b) Call his parents and apply for a hack license.
(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.

3. After Bud runs away, he returns home. What do his parents threaten him with?
(a) Sending him to live with his brother.
(b) Sending him to an uncle in Tennessee.
(c) Cutting off his weekly allowance.
(d) Locking him in his room at night.

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

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

6. When Rachel's mother caught her praying one day in her youth, what did she tell Rachel not to do?
(a) She told her that praying was a waste of time.
(b) She told her she loved to listen to her daughter pray.
(c) She told her to stop praying altogether.
(d) She told her not to kneel because Jews do not kneel.

7. After Frankie gives birth and almost dies, what animal does she hallucinate seeing in the hospital?
(a) A flamingo.
(b) A lizard.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A crocodile.

8. When Rachel was dating Bud, what did she believe money did to people?
(a) Made them reckless and dangerously powerful.
(b) Soured them and made them stingy and anxious.
(c) Made them selfish and obsessive.
(d) Made them greedy and stingy.

9. Who is Bud's girlfriend at the end of his college years at UMASS?
(a) Trudy.
(b) Sara.
(c) Elanor.
(d) Casey.

10. What profession does Frankie give up on in Nepal after realizing she cannot do it?
(a) Fashion designer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Painter.
(d) Translator.

11. After his time in Vermont, working in a food co-op, where does Bud go?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Boston.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Montreal.

12. What religion is Rachel's brother interested in learning about?
(a) Islam.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Zionism.
(d) Buddhism.

13. At his late father's house, what does Bud say to his brother, Dillion, he knows more about than anything?
(a) Money.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Airfare prices.
(d) Women.

14. How does Bud describe himself when he was in elementary school?
(a) Quiet but opinionated.
(b) Quiet and anxious.
(c) Loud but afraid.
(d) Disinterested and bored.

15. At the beginning of Chapter 6, at what age does Tara's mother, Frankie, almost get married?
(a) 25.
(b) 35.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city did young Gil and Frankie meet?

2. After meeting her ex-boyfriend, Bud, on Skype, what does Rachel say is happening in the U.S. while Bud is Southeast Asia?

3. With whom does Frankie leave for London after she quits her job at the doctor's office?

4. What does Lizzie, Sally's sister's best friend, have waiting at her apartment after picking up Bud from the train station?

5. Where do Frankie and Matthew raise Tara and her sister, Apsara?

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