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

2. One night, after getting up to use the bathroom, what did Rachel witness Nadia was doing for her brother?
(a) Crying.
(b) Praying.
(c) Making him baked goods.
(d) Shopping for his groceries.

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

4. What is Rachel's profession?
(a) HR for a hotel chain.
(b) Accountant for a small, local hospital.
(c) HR for a big law firm.
(d) Nurse at a major hospital.

5. 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?
(a) Calls her sister to try to convince her to stay.
(b) Cries for three days straight.
(c) Smashes her car windows.
(d) Begs her to stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Bud quits his job, who does he think he sees on 5th Avenue, window shopping around Christmas time?

2. What genre of fiction did Bud love to read as a child?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, at what age does Tara's mother, Frankie, almost get married?

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

5. What does Quinn, Frankie's boyfriend after Gil, see that is unique about Frankie's job as a doctor's office receptionist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things during dinner with his father does Bud learn about the world?

2. What does Tara's friend, Tracey, make a film about and how does Tara feel about it?

3. When Bud goes to his late father's house with his siblings, what does he give up?

4. When Bud brings a date, Phoebe, to his sister's wedding, what does she say to his family?

5. How does Tara describe her childhood upbringing in Kathmandu?

6. After his medical treatments, what does Saul do when he arrives back home?

7. How does Rachel describe the personality of the nickname "Sister Susie," which Kirk fondly calls her?

8. What happens when Bud runs away from home for the first time?

9. What story does Bud tell Lizzie and her roommates after he runs away to her apartment?

10. When Frankie quits her job at the doctor's office, how does her then boyfriend, Quinn, react?

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