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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. How do Emily and Sarah plan to pay for a big expense in Part 2: Chapter 4?
(a) Emily agrees to pay.
(b) They plan to ask Jack's parents for help.
(c) They agree to split the cost.
(d) They ask Tony for money.

2. Why is Emily not interested in the party she is invited to in Part 3: Chapter 3?
(a) She won't be in town.
(b) She won't know anyone there.
(c) She doesn't have anything to wear.
(d) Because there are no single men there.

3. What does Emily use as a conversation piece at the beginning of Part 3: Chapter 1?
(a) Her job.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Sarah's circumstances.
(d) Her ex-husband.

4. How does Emily feel compared to Peter in Part 3: Chapter 3?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Rich and sophisticated.
(d) Poor and unsophisticated.

5. What does a phone call Emily receives in Part 2: Chapter 3 prompt Emily to do?
(a) Remember the entire evening she had forgotten.
(b) Apologize to Sarah.
(c) Quit her job.
(d) Visit her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emily threaten to do when they arrive at Peter's house in Part 3: Chapter 3?

3. Why does Emily yell at Peter in Part 3: Chapter 3?

4. Why does Emily call Peter in Part 3: Chapter 3?

5. What does Emily demand to know from Peter on the drive in Part 3: Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Peter's reaction to Emily's outburst in the car on the way to his house?

2. Describe the party that Emily attends thrown by a friend in Part 3: Chapter 3.

3. Why does it appear that this relationship between Howard and Emily will not work?

4. Why does Emily call Peter in Part 3: Chapter 3?

5. Why is Pookie hospitalized?

6. Why does Sarah call Emily in Part 2: Chapter 3? What does Emily do as a result of this call?

7. Discuss Emily's feelings of loneliness in Part 3: Chapter 3.

8. Why do you think that Emily tells her lovers about her sister's misfortunes?

9. What happens as a result of Emily's refusal to help Sarah when she considers leaving Tony?

10. Who is Michael Hogan?

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