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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 to the daycare’s inquiry about Honey?
(a) That she is taking Honey out of daycare.
(b) That she is visiting her grandparents.
(c) That she will be back in two days.
(d) That she is moving to Turkey.

2. What does Alice call her car?
(a) The swan.
(b) Rocinante.
(c) Sancho Panza.
(d) Don Quixote.

3. What does Alice tell Daphne about preparing for bad things that might happen?
(a) You have to be vigilant all the time.
(b) The things will hit someone else if they don’t hit you.
(c) Being prepared means having good friends.
(d) You cannot prepare.

4. How does Daphne say Alice looks by the time they get to Surprise Pass?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Desperate.
(c) Content.
(d) Exhausted.

5. What is Daphne afraid of, now that Alice has died?
(a) Having to testify in court.
(b) Administrative bullshit.
(c) Police pressing charges.
(d) Trying to remember what happened in what order.

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

7. What is Alice wearing that surprises Daphne when they leave Altavista?
(a) A girlish dress.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) Her wedding ring.
(d) A gold bracelet.

8. What do Daphne and Alice get for dinner in Berwin Falls?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Seafood.
(c) Ribeye steaks.
(d) Pizza and beer.

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

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

11. Who is the hostess at the Antelope Meadows?
(a) A childhood friend of Daphne’s.
(b) A relative of Alice’s husband’s.
(c) A friend of Alice’s.
(d) A friend of Daphne’s mother’s.

12. How long have Daphne and Engin been married?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 years.

13. How does Daphne find Alice when she gets back to Camp Cooville?
(a) Lying in a field.
(b) Huddled beneath a tree.
(c) Curled up behind a rock.
(d) Face down in a lake.

14. What does Daphne say Honey says for the first time when they Skype Engin from Berwin Falls?
(a) Hello.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Mamma.
(d) Bye-bye.

15. What first brought Alice to the area around Altavista?
(a) She had vacationed here once.
(b) Her family has a house here.
(c) Her husband’s family raised him here.
(d) Her husband was assigned to a work camp near here.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Alice say she was married before her husband died?

2. What cause the illness that killed Alice’s children?

3. How long ago did Alice’s husband die?

4. What does Daphne compare motherhood to?

5. How did the board of supervisors vote on the State of Jefferson proposal?

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