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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emira want to do with Briar on Friday in Chapter 21?
(a) Take her sledding.
(b) Take her to the movies.
(c) Take her to the park.
(d) Take her to the roller coaster.

2. What does Alix hear in Chapter 21 that stops her heart out of fear?
(a) Briar screaming.
(b) A glass shattering upstairs.
(c) A car crash outside.
(d) Catherine in her crib, meaning Alix left the baby alone in the house without realizing it.

3. In Chapter 11, what is one thing about Alix's appearance that has been upsetting her?
(a) She has not lost all her baby weight.
(b) Her hair is greying.
(c) Her skin is getting wrinkled.
(d) Her skin is breaking out.

4. What does Alix tell Emira about Kelley in Chapter 21?
(a) She does not think he is with her for the right reasons.
(b) She thinks he is married.
(c) She thinks he is bankrupt.
(d) She thinks he is cheating on her.

5. Who does Alix get several emails from when she gets home from seeing Kelley?
(a) Her boss at the college.
(b) Her editor.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her friend Tamra.

6. What does Alix find herself distracted by as she talks to Kelley in Chapter 21?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His sadness.
(c) His anger.
(d) His attractiveness.

7. Why is Emira reluctant to go out with her friends in Chapter 10?
(a) She is tired and nearly broke.
(b) She made plans with Kelley instead.
(c) She has pain from an injury.
(d) She actually has to work late at the Chamberlain house.

8. What do Briar and Emira do on Tuesday in Chapter 20?
(a) Go to the firehouse for a tour.
(b) Go sledding.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Go to a treehouse for a tour.

9. How does Alix think Emira and Kelley met?
(a) At a movie.
(b) In the park.
(c) On the train.
(d) Online.

10. What does Tamra do to try to help Alix at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Says she can get Alix into a good graduate program.
(b) Says she can get Alix's children into her exclusive private school.
(c) Writes to a woman she knows to try to get Alix a job facilitating classes at the New School.
(d) Tries to get Alix to come and work in the city all week again.

11. In Chapter 10, who questions Emira about her emotional state?
(a) Riley.
(b) Shaunie.
(c) Josefa.
(d) Zara.

12. What do Briar and Emira do together on Wednesday in Chapter 20?
(a) Go to the park.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Go on a play date.
(d) Go to see Santa Claus.

13. What interview does Emira have coming up?
(a) A typist for the Democratic party.
(b) A daycare managing position at a gym.
(c) A movie theater attendant.
(d) A waitress at the tea house.

14. What does Tamra asks Emira in Chapter 14 that insults Emira?
(a) How long her real hair is.
(b) If she is from Senegal.
(c) If she is mixed-race.
(d) If she grew up poor.

15. In Chapter 22, where does Emira go for her birthday?
(a) Tropicana 187.
(b) Three Thousand Bananas.
(c) Artemis Howl.
(d) Transylvania 65000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emira demonstrate her happiness for Shaunie at Shaunie's apartment in Chapter 10?

2. What is one of the main professional events Alix goes to in New York City?

3. What does Alix notice about all of Kelley's ex-girlfriends?

4. What word does Kelley tell Alix he is shocked is in her vocabulary?

5. What is the name of Briar's goldfish that died?

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