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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daphne say her husband accuses her of doing when she cries?
(a) Abdicating responsibility.
(b) Taking refuge in victimhood.
(c) Reinforcing gender stereotypes.
(d) Changing the topic.

2. How does Daphne characterize marriage?
(a) An act of desperation.
(b) A lovely delusion.
(c) A risk.
(d) An act of faith.

3. Where do Daphne and Honey go from Sal’s Café on day three?
(a) Home.
(b) The library.
(c) The playground.
(d) The cemetery.

4. What is Daphne’s savings balance when she checked it at work?
(a) $801.
(b) $22,910.
(c) $1,847.
(d) $349.

5. When Daphne reads the newspaper, what are the board of supervisors about to vote on?
(a) Secession to join the State of Jefferson.
(b) Legalizing marijuana.
(c) Changing the local dog ordinances.
(d) Local water taxes.

6. What Daphne describe as giving her the greatest sense of well-being available?
(a) Lying in bed alone.
(b) Recalling Engin’s kisses.
(c) Snuggling with Honey.
(d) Smoking after Honey is asleep.

7. What does Honey cut her finger on at The Golden Spike?
(a) A steak knife.
(b) A nail.
(c) A pebble.
(d) A piece of glass.

8. Where does Daphne find wifi signal when she gets to Altavista?
(a) Outside the town library.
(b) The corner of her porch.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In her car.

9. On day three, what does Engin’s mother tell Daphne to do?
(a) Quit her job.
(b) Sell her car.
(c) Come to Turkey.
(d) Meet Engin in Paris.

10. What kind of house does Daphne have in Altavista?
(a) Cape.
(b) Ranch house.
(c) Double-wide trailer.
(d) Farmhouse.

11. How does Daphne feel about the accident that killed Ellery and injured Maryam?
(a) Vaguely responsible.
(b) Furious.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Vengeful.

12. What is Ed’s view of Islam?
(a) That they all want to kill Americans.
(b) That they are all ISIS.
(c) That there are many secular traditions in Islam.
(d) That there are too many varieties to generalize.

13. Why does Daphne accuse herself of being a cultural imperialist?
(a) By keeping Engin in the dark about her travels.
(b) By staying in the U.S. without Engin.
(c) By surrounding Honey with monolingual Americans.
(d) By failing to speak Turkish to Honey.

14. What work does Daphne say she would be qualified for in Turkey?
(a) Academic administration.
(b) Translation.
(c) Teaching English.
(d) Nannying.

15. What does Daphne tell her boss, to explain her absence?
(a) Her husband was deported.
(b) She is sick.
(c) Her neighbor had an emergency.
(d) Her daughter is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daphne characterize the economy she is living in?

2. What did Daphne tell her husband to be prepared for in the casinos of Altavista?

3. What advice does Daphne say her mother gave her?

4. On day two, how long does Daphne say she is planning to stay in Altavista?

5. What does Daphne hope to find at Sal’s Café?

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