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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the relationship between Emily and the merchant seaman end?
(a) He wife returns.
(b) Emily is no longer interested in him.
(c) He decides he wants to explore homosexuality.
(d) He is called to work.

2. What does Emily remain hopeful about, prompted by a overheard conversation between her parents?
(a) That her parents will buy her a bicycle.
(b) She is hopeful that she passes her English test.
(c) That her parents will get back together.
(d) That she will get a vanilla cake for her birthday.

3. What does Sarah ultimately decide to do at the end of Part 2: Chapter 4?
(a) Leave Tony.
(b) Move in with Emily.
(c) Get help.
(d) Return to Tony.

4. Why does Emily claim that she uses this topic as a conversation piece in Part 3: Chapter 1?
(a) Because of her own anger.
(b) Because of her own confusion.
(c) Because of her own anxiety.
(d) Because of her own guilt.

5. What does Emily try to remember at the beginning of Part 2: Chapter 3?
(a) Where she was the night before.
(b) What the name of her childhood best friend is.
(c) Where she lives.
(d) The name of Sarah's first husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarah's son, Peter, want to be when he grows up?

2. What does Sarah tell Emily that she has a talent for?

3. Who becomes pregnant in Chapter 4?

4. What are the poems about in the book Jack publishes in Part 2: Chapter 4?

5. What do Emily and Sarah do the night of going to the hospital in Part 2: Chapter 3?

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