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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 happens after Alix breastfeeds Briar on stage at a conference?
(a) She loses her job.
(b) The Romney campaign asks her to look through its materials.
(c) She gets flooded with more offers of work.
(d) She gets shunned by the business community.

2. What television show does Kelley ask Emira if she remembers?
(a) The Cosby Show.
(b) That's So Raven.
(c) Family Matters.
(d) Moesha.

3. What is Emira worried about as she approaches age 26?
(a) She does not have a boyfriend.
(b) She does not have her own health insurance.
(c) She does not have a job.
(d) She does not have a college degree.

4. Who does Emira call to talk to the police at the grocery store?
(a) Aliz.
(b) Josefa.
(c) Mr. Chamberlain.
(d) Kelley.

5. What surprises Emira about Kelley's friends when she meets them in Chapter 5?
(a) They all wear the same shoes.
(b) They are all Black.
(c) They all seem rich.
(d) They are all as tall as he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alix do on a weekly basis with Kelley in high school?

2. What blueprint does Kelley have on the wall of his apartment?

3. Who is Rachel's son?

4. Where was Alix originally supposed to go to college?

5. Why does Emira think Kelley is taking things slowly with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what gift does Alix give to Emira that has some significance to Emira?

2. What does Kelley say to Emira at dinner in Chapter 7 that really upsets her, but she does not show how upset she is?

3. Who does Emira call to come to the grocery store to vouch for her, and why does she call him?

4. How does Alix receive so much free merchandise?

5. What are some factors that make it harder for Emira to leave her job with the Chamberlains in Chapter 5?

6. Why does Alix tell Kelley she called the police on Robbier Cormier outside of her house in high school?

7. In Chapter 7, what happens to Kelley and Emira at a basketball game that makes Emira like Kelley more?

8. When does Emira see the Penn State shopper again and what happens when they meet for the first time after the grocery store?

9. What surprises Emira and her friends when Kelley shows up to the bar with them in Chapter 5?

10. How does Alix feel about her old housekeeper from her childhood, Claudette, and why?

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