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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 place does Frankie metaphorically compare her sexual relationship with Gil to?
(a) A safari adventure.
(b) An amusement park.
(c) A zoo.
(d) The ocean.

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

3. After going to New York with his then-girlfriend, Angelica, what does Bud confess he was raised to despise?
(a) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Public health spending.
(d) Chaos.

4. What nickname did Rachel's brother's ex-boyfriend used to call her?
(a) Sister Carrie.
(b) Sister Diana.
(c) Sister Lizzie.
(d) Sister Susie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rachel's brother sick with?

2. After Nepal, where do Tara and her family move?

3. Who teaches Tara and her sister how to read when they live in Nepal?

4. Even though Rachel's brother and his partner broke up, what do they still share?

5. What religion is Rachel's brother interested in learning about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tara's former boyfriend, whom she dates in her 20s, tell her about money?

2. Rachel describes her brother as "a total pill." How does Saul's illness affect his character?

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

4. Describe how Nadia and Rachel first meet Ethan, Kirk's new boyfriend.

5. Why does Frankie, Tara's mother, turn down Gil's marriage proposal when they are 19?

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

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

8. What does Tara's father, Matthew, do for a living once in Kathmandu?

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

10. What does Saul tell Rachel is one reason why Kirk wants them to break up after Saul is diagnosed with cancer?

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