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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Annabel have to leave the family holiday to return to the city?
(a) DeVaughn has problems.
(b) She forgot to bring some holiday gifts.
(c) There is a water problem at the apartment.
(d) She has to prepare for court.

2. Why does Bootie go to the Thwaites' home on the holiday?
(a) To play piano.
(b) To work.
(c) To party.
(d) To tend bar.

3. What holiday are the Thwaites celebrating in Stockbridge?
(a) Christmas.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) Labor Day.
(d) Memorial Day.

4. What does Ludo encourage Marina to do?
(a) Pursue a law degree.
(b) Join a gym.
(c) Distance herself from her father.
(d) Learn to cook.

5. Why do Julius and David move back into Julius' apartment?
(a) David's apartment is being remodeled.
(b) David is unemployed.
(c) David's apartment is too noisy.
(d) David's apartment is being fumigated.

6. With whom does Danielle ride to Stockbridge?
(a) Marina.
(b) Annabel.
(c) Murray.
(d) Bootie.

7. What do Julius and David do after arguing in the afternoon?
(a) Go to dinner.
(b) Break up.
(c) Go to counseling.
(d) Separate for awhile.

8. Where do Marina and Ludo get married?
(a) Boston.
(b) Stockbridge.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Miami.

9. Where does Bootie escape to after the September 11 attacks?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Florida.
(d) Manhattan.

10. Why does Danielle not want to spend the holiday with the Thwaites?
(a) She is having an affair with Murray.
(b) She has had a fight with Marina.
(c) She is depressed over the holidays.
(d) She has a work deadline.

11. On what holiday does Marina plan to marry Ludo?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Labor Day.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Valentine's Day.

12. To whom does Marina give copies of her manuscript to read?
(a) Annabel and Bootie.
(b) Murray and Danielle.
(c) Murray and Ludo.
(d) Annabel and Danielle.

13. Bootie's expose of Murray coincides with ___________ view of Murray.
(a) Julius'.
(b) Annabel's.
(c) Ludo's.
(d) Danielle's.

14. What is the subject of the article in the New York Times in Chapter 51?
(a) The stock market dip.
(b) The September 11 attacks.
(c) The Hudson River barge crash.
(d) Marina and Ludo's wedding.

15. Marina has asked Julius to write an expose on what subject?
(a) The next election.
(b) Gay culture.
(c) Interior decorating.
(d) The shift to the suburbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Murray tell Danielle that he has arranged for them to do that evening?

2. What do David and Julius discuss in Chapter 54?

3. What is Ludo's last name?

4. How many years has Marina been working on her book?

5. What is one of the things that Danielle does in preparation for her tryst with Murray?

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