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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Suzanne and Matt go to his house after going to a blues club?
(a) To continue dancing.
(b) For Matt to get his guitar.
(c) For Matt to show her his mother's paintings.
(d) Because his dog needed to be let out.

2. When does Matt's father die?
(a) He is still alive.
(b) Just after Matt graduates from college.
(c) Just after Matt graduates from high school.
(d) When Matt is very young.

3. What does Katie try to remember about Matt?
(a) If he lives in New York City.
(b) If he is married.
(c) If he likes to go by his full name.
(d) If he is still working as a house painter.

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

5. What does Katie think she and Suzanne would have done had they met each other under different circumstances?
(a) Been rivals.
(b) Been superficial acquaintances.
(c) Been good friends.
(d) Had nothing in common.

6. What did Katie think about Matt as a prospective husband?
(a) He would be your typical male.
(b) She was unsure.
(c) He would be hard to take at times.
(d) He would be a wonderful and considerate husband.

7. Who is Jean?
(a) Suzanne's best friend.
(b) Suzanne's mother.
(c) Matt's mother.
(d) Suzanne's sister.

8. What does Matt tell Katie on the night of July 18?
(a) That he had a son and daughter.
(b) That he was going to Europe for a few weeks.
(c) That he was leaving and would not be back.
(d) That he was dying.

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

10. What does Jean do for a living?
(a) She is a doctor.
(b) She is an artist.
(c) She is a housewife.
(d) She is a teacher.

11. What time does Katie arrive home?
(a) 6 am.
(b) 3 am.
(c) 11 pm.
(d) 1 am.

12. Who can Katie not talk to, though she needs to talk to someone?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Matt.
(d) Suzanne.

13. What does Suzanne realize from attending Matt Wolfe's party?
(a) She is not as socially adept as she used to be.
(b) She is in her element.
(c) She is no longer comfortable in this group of people.
(d) She misses this part of her life.

14. Who is Gus?
(a) Suzanne's boyfriend.
(b) Katie's lab.
(c) Matt's brother.
(d) Suzanne's golden retriever.

15. What happens that Suzanne ends up in a hospital?
(a) She falls in the icy pond.
(b) She falls unconscious to the ground.
(c) She twists her ankle.
(d) She breaks her foot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Matt's major in college?

3. How does Suzanne describe her life as a doctor in Boston?

4. Where does Suzanne move?

5. Where is Katie as the novel opens?

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