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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daphne think she and Alice have in common?
(a) An affection for the stony western landscape.
(b) A despair over men taking care of them.
(c) A history of walking away from work.
(d) A longing for maternal caretakers.

2. What does Daphne leave for Alice, before she goes to sleep after hurting her head?
(a) A list of phone numbers.
(b) A list of Honey’s medications.
(c) A will.
(d) Money.

3. What does Honey say that makes Daphne’s heart ache when she wakes up with a hangover?
(a) Ock for bonk.
(b) Amee for mommy.
(c) Ewdy for screwdriver.
(d) Bibit for picnic.

4. Why does Daphne say she is paralyzed like “the nymph who turned into a tree” (150)?
(a) Because she cannot decide whether to pull Honey from daycare.
(b) Because she cannot afford gas money to leave Altavista.
(c) Because she cannot resolve the contradiction of going to work just to pay for daycare.
(d) Because she is unable to decide to return home.

5. Why does Daphne say Hugo would not allow her to work from Altavista?
(a) He needs to have women around him.
(b) He wants to know where she is at every minute.
(c) He needs her to run too many errands.
(d) He wants to have control over too many details.

6. What has Daphne forgotten, in the dream before she wakes up on day eight?
(a) How to find Engin.
(b) That Honey is her daughter.
(c) How to speak Turkish.
(d) How to get home.

7. How does Daphne take it when Alice tells her that she grieved the loss of her children but she carried on?
(a) As a consolation.
(b) As a warning.
(c) As a rebuke.
(d) As advice.

8. What wildlife does Daphne see in Cindy Cooper’s yard when she wakes up on day six?
(a) Deer.
(b) A bear.
(c) A moose.
(d) Birds.

9. What is Daphne afraid might kill her, that she asks Alice to come check on her in the morning?
(a) A concussion.
(b) Tetanus.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Alcohol poisoning.

10. Where does Alice say she lived after her children died?
(a) In a cloud.
(b) In hell.
(c) In a dark funk.
(d) In the abode of pain.

11. What does Honey do after Daphne changes her pants at the table at Antelope Meadows?
(a) Sing in an undertone.
(b) Cry.
(c) Flirt with guys at another table.
(d) Spill more water on herself.

12. Who does Daphne go introduce herself to, after agreeing to take Alice to Camp Cooville?
(a) Kimmy’s mother.
(b) Some Coopers.
(c) Uncle Rodney.
(d) Some van Voorheeses.

13. What does Alice say her profession was, before she had kids?
(a) Homemaker.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Teacher.

14. What is Daphne’s epiphany about motherhood?
(a) You can never get childhood back.
(b) Your child is not your property.
(c) You only enjoy childhood by losing it.
(d) You are never not a mother after you give birth.

15. When does Daphne say her family moved to the area of Altavista?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1880s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1920s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daphne say keeps her from asking Alice questions to keep conversation rolling on day six?

2. What does Daphne compare motherhood to?

3. When Daphne is looking for Alice at Camp Cooville in the rain, what does she say she may have been waiting for all along?

4. How does Daphne tell Hugo she will straighten out the situation caused by her absence?

5. How does Daphne say Alice looks by the time they get to Surprise Pass?

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