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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Matt's mother teach Matt?
(a) How to play the guitar.
(b) How to paint.
(c) Home maintenance.
(d) Kindness.

2. To whom is Suzanne writing in her diary?
(a) Matt.
(b) Her two-week-old son.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Katie.

3. What could Katie not believe about herself concerning Matt?
(a) That she had trusted him so much.
(b) That she had fallen for a man with so little education.
(c) That she had been so hesitent to open up to him emotionally.
(d) That she had believed he was right for her.

4. Who meets at the Kennedy wedding?
(a) Suzanne and Michael.
(b) Katie and Michael.
(c) Suzanne and Matthew.
(d) Katie and Matthew.

5. What does Suzanne see Matt's home as having?
(a) A strong feminine touch.
(b) A strong masculine touch.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Lots of gingerbread.

6. What is one thing Katie hides from her mother?
(a) That she took some vacation days because she is too distraught.
(b) That she is considering an abortion.
(c) That she quit her job.
(d) That she is pregnant.

7. What does Suzanne decide to do?
(a) Change her career choice.
(b) Move across the country.
(c) Go out with a man she meets in the hospital while recovering.
(d) Radically change her life.

8. What is Jean doing on the roof?
(a) Fixing the fireplace flashing.
(b) Looking through her telescope.
(c) Working on a television atenna.
(d) Replacing some broken shingles.

9. Where is Katie as the novel opens?
(a) Shopping.
(b) At work.
(c) Asleep.
(d) In the bathtub.

10. Where does Suzanne see her house painter?
(a) In a diner.
(b) On the beach.
(c) At a drugstore.
(d) In the park.

11. How does Suzanne describe her life as a doctor in Boston?
(a) A rat race.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Never boring.
(d) A challenge.

12. What message does Katie leave on Matt's answering machine?
(a) That she understands his pain.
(b) That she is sorry for his pain.
(c) That she is reading the diary.
(d) That she is incredibly hurt.

13. How does Suzanne feel about her new life?
(a) Bored.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Comfortable.

14. What is Suzanne's occupation?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Pilot.
(d) Doctor.

15. What is Matt Wolfe's party like?
(a) Relaxed.
(b) A typical high-society party.
(c) Tense.
(d) Like a bunch of old hippies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Katie talk to Matt about the situation?

2. Why does Suzanne have time to examine her life?

3. What happens that Suzanne ends up in a hospital?

4. What did Matt's father do for a living?

5. What time does Katie arrive home?

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