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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. How do Bapu's neighbors and even family begin to see her at the end of her life?
(a) As a mystic or saint.
(b) As a real writer.
(c) As a doctor.
(d) As an accountant.

2. What kind of ball does Laura go to?
(a) Sports.
(b) Fricker.
(c) Debutante.
(d) Highland.

3. What does Aviv call the man who rescued Naomi from the river?
(a) Saul.
(b) Henry.
(c) Michael.
(d) Carl.

4. When does Bhargavi get a divorce?
(a) After going to church.
(b) After her foot surgery.
(c) After going to college for a second time.
(d) After having a second daughter.

5. Between which years did the number of U.S. Social Security disability claims rise?
(a) 2003 and 2009.
(b) 2010 and 2015.
(c) 1987 and 2007.
(d) 1990 and 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Naomi sent after sentencing?

2. When do Aviv and Bapu begin corresponding?

3. What is Naomi's last name?

4. Who becomes Bapu's daughter-in-law?

5. Who was William Freeman's defense attorney?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Laura do when she is 25?

2. Why does Laura decide to go off of her medications?

3. What do Laura's first doctors start her down the path of in Part IV?

4. What does Florida say is the solution for Black women who are feeling depressed?

5. What does Naomi do on July 4, 2003?

6. What does Laura feel for the first time in a very long time following her suicide attempt?

7. What do Naomi's mother and siblings think of her when she is growing up?

8. Why does Florida weep when recounting her education?

9. What does Bhargavi eventually begin to feel in her proximity to death?

10. What tragedy does Bhargavi suffer in her young adult life?

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