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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 Gretchen say she decided to keep from Aunt Edie?
(a) A pair of shoes.
(b) A fur coat.
(c) A ring.
(d) A slow cooker.

2. What does Jean order at the cafe in Chapter 16?
(a) Pie.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Scones and jam.
(d) Cake.

3. Who does Howard say he told about Gretchen leaving him?
(a) Edie.
(b) Helen.
(c) Rennie.
(d) Jack.

4. What is Howard's aunt's name?
(a) Janet.
(b) Edie.
(c) Riki.
(d) Helen.

5. In Chapter 18, what does Howard fix for Jean?
(a) Her roof.
(b) Her shoe.
(c) Edie's broach.
(d) Her car.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what does Howard conclude about Gretchen and Martha?

2. In Chapter 29, who comes to Jean's house unannounced?

3. Where does Jean take her mother for holidays in Chapter 20?

4. What does Jean tell Mrs. Bowland her mother never had much of to begin with?

5. In Chapter 22, what does Howard come to tell Jean?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Jean see on her holiday with her mother that depresses her?

2. What is the relationship between Martha and Gretchen in Chapter 24?

3. In Chapter 18, what does Howard fix for Jean?

4. In Chapter 28, what catches Jean's interest in Alice's journals?

5. In Chapter 29, why does Margaret say she has run away?

6. In Chapter 21, who writes to Jean regarding Gretchen's past?

7. In Chapter 28, why is Jean worried about her mother?

8. What column does Jean regularly write for the paper?

9. In Chapter 17, what happens that makes it so Jean and Howard go to Edie's alone?

10. In Chapter 26, what do Jean and Howard do for the first time that seems like the start of a new phase of their relationship?

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