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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sarah abandon the book she was working on?
(a) Because Emily is not supportive.
(b) Because she is no longer interested in the subject.
(c) Because her husband tells her it's a dumb idea.
(d) Because she would have to travel to Montana.

2. What does Pookie do at Sarah and Tony's wedding?
(a) Gets into a fight with Sarah.
(b) Loses one shoe.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Dances with Tony.

3. What does Emily explain to the neighborhood children?
(a) The Easter Bunny.
(b) Sex.
(c) Divorce.
(d) The color of the sky.

4. What does Emily decide to do when she and Jack return home from their trip?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Leave Jack.
(c) Write an article.
(d) Visit Sarah.

5. What does Emily's family push her to do after graduating from college?
(a) Get a new job.
(b) Get married again.
(c) Have children.
(d) Quit working.

6. What does Jack tell Emily about this school's invitation?
(a) That it's huge honor.
(b) Jack tells Emily that they have offered her a job.
(c) That he doesn't want to do it.
(d) That it's financially a good idea.

7. What is the first location mentioned in the novel?
(a) Miami, FL.
(b) Pittsburgh, PA.
(c) Tenafly, NY.
(d) Sacramento, CA.

8. What do Emily and Sarah have to contend with Pookie about?
(a) Pookie has a habit of exaggerating.
(b) Bad marks in schools.
(c) Living above her means.
(d) Pookie won't pay any attention to Sarah or Emily.

9. Where is Sarah when she is injured when Pookie leaves her with a neighbor?
(a) At a neighbor's home.
(b) Shopping at the mall.
(c) At a local park.
(d) Visiting her grandmother.

10. After Sarah graduates from high school, she gets a job working where?
(a) On the Wendell L. Wilkie campaign.
(b) At the local newspaper.
(c) At the grocery store.
(d) At a radio station.

11. What happens prior to Emily's decision to divorce her husband?
(a) Emily visits Tony and Sarah.
(b) Emily travels to Europe.
(c) She visits her mother.
(d) Emily publishes a book.

12. Where does Emily go at the end of Part 2: Chapter 2?
(a) New York.
(b) Montana.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Iowa.

13. Where does Emily's father take her to celebrate the news of the scholarship?
(a) Shopping for new clothes.
(b) To the history museum.
(c) To the zoo.
(d) To lunch.

14. Who are Tony's parents giving the larger house on their estate to?
(a) Emily.
(b) Their daughter.
(c) Sarah and Tony and their family.
(d) Pookie.

15. Why does Emily seek a divorce from her husband after only a few months of marriage?
(a) She doesn't feel a connection to him anymore.
(b) He becomes emotionally abusive.
(c) She decides she wants to live alone.
(d) She wants to move abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Emily at the beginning of Part 2?

2. What do Emily and Jack begin to do soon after they meet?

3. Why does Sarah begin going into the city once a week?

4. Why is Emily worried at her father's funeral?

5. Where are Tony's parents planning on moving?

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