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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 is the relationship between Emily and Sarah?
(a) They are step-sisters.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are best friends.
(d) They are sisters.

2. Who is Andrew Crawford?
(a) A graduate student that Emily dates.
(b) Sarah's nanny.
(c) Sarah's minister.
(d) Walter Grimes' attorney.

3. In which city do Jack and Emily purchase a house?
(a) Iowa City.
(b) Missoula.
(c) Richmond.
(d) New York City.

4. Why does Sarah begin going into the city once a week?
(a) To run errands for her father.
(b) Sarah babysits for her father's co-worker's children.
(c) To volunteer at a nursing home.
(d) In order for her father to provide her with braces for her overbite.

5. Which of Emily's qualities is Andrew Crawford impressed by?
(a) Emily's loyalty and optimism.
(b) Emily's humor and courage.
(c) Her courage and intelligence.
(d) Her loyalty and intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pookie flirt with at Sarah and Tony's wedding?

2. What happens to Andrew and Emily at the end of Chapter 4?

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

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

5. At which school is Jack invited to teach at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily learn in a letter from Sarah?

2. What is Sarah trying to write a book about?

3. Describe Andrew and Emily's relationship in Part 1: Chapter 4.

4. Why is Emily disappointed with the trip she and Jack take to Europe?

5. Discuss what happens with Jack and his poetry in Part 2: Chapter 2.

6. Why is divorce a subject of Part 1: Chapters 1-2?

7. How does Sarah injure herself in Part 1: Chapter 1?

8. Is there a rivalry between the two Grimes sisters?

9. There are several references to alcohol and alcoholism in Part 1: Chapters 3 and 4. What are some of those references?

10. In Part 1: Chapter 2, why does Sarah's father, Walter Grimes, disapprove of his daughter's engagement?

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