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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 is the name of the neighbor whose house Lizabeth disparages in Chapter 7?
(a) Tom Walason.
(b) Vinnie Vincent.
(c) Brad Mainer.
(d) Noogie Newsome.

2. What does Matt do with his motorcycle?
(a) Sells it.
(b) Trades it in.
(c) Gives it to his brother.
(d) Stores it in the carriage house.

3. What time does Lizabeth awaken the morning after Matt's streaking episode?
(a) After ten.
(b) Eight o'clock.
(c) Noon.
(d) Seven o'clock.

4. What does Lizabeth call Matt when they return to the house after he runs out naked?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Thoughtless.
(d) Moronic.

5. What does Matt think that the thought of marriage does to Lizabeth?
(a) Frightens her.
(b) Makes her think he is romantic.
(c) Makes her uncomfortable.
(d) Gives her a headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matt say he doesn't want his son to have?

2. What does Matt ask Lizabeth to do in return for helping her exercise?

3. What is the last thing that happens to Paul before he sends the boys home?

4. What does Matt say that hurts Lizabeth's feelings while he is eating potato salad?

5. What happened to Matt's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Choose one of the several family relationships described in the novel and outline its importance to the story.

2. On the way home from Richard Hastings' house, what does Lizabeth tell Matt that surprises him, and how does she go about telling him?

3. As Lizabeth spends most of the barbecue trying to identify the flasher, one man in particular catches her eye. What does she do to try to find out if he is the flasher, and what is the result?

4. Lizabeth seems to have many preconceived notions about what a perfect father should be. In her mind, Matt falls short in several of these categories. What does she say in Chapter 7 that expresses these notions and where Matt falls short?

5. The reader learns more about Matt's childhood in Chapter 9 than throughout the rest of the book. Was his childhood happy? What happened to his mother? Describe his childhood relationship with his father.

6. In fairly typical romance-novel fashion, the story wraps up with Matt and Lizabeth marrying and living happily ever after. Given the short time they've known each other and the tumultuous relationship they have had up to that point, how believable do you find the story? If you find it quite believable, why? What is it about the genre that makes it so popular, and how does that apply to this book?

7. What does Matt do to distract Jason and Billy from their worries in Chapter 9?

8. What does Lizabeth do to keep busy when she finds herself bored in her self-imposed prison, and what does Matt do when she does?

9. Matt's strained relationship with his father is a source of aggravation for him. Though he doesn't tell Lizabeth the entire story, what happens in Chapter 7 to further bolster that explanation?

10. What makes "Smitten" a typical romance novel?

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