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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Alice say she was married before her husband died?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 50 years.

2. How many unanswered emails does Daphne find in her email inbox on day six?
(a) 302.
(b) 165.
(c) 19.
(d) 88.

3. 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.

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

5. What are Cindy Cooper and Ed putting in Ed’s car when Daphne and Honey get home from dinner?
(a) Beer.
(b) Guns.
(c) Duffel bags.
(d) Camping equipment.

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

7. Where does Daphne say she will take Honey after she sends Engin this message?
(a) Home.
(b) To Turkey.
(c) Away.
(d) The Wildlife Safari.

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

9. What quantity does Daphne theoretically put on X, Y and Z axes, as she sits down with Honey at the board of supervisors meeting?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Revulsion.
(c) Interest.
(d) Pleasure.

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

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

12. How does Daphne describe the feeling of yelling at Cindy Cooper?
(a) Fully satisfying.
(b) Horrible and delicious.
(c) Wrenching.
(d) Nauseating.

13. What does Daphne do when she and Honey wake up on day nine, in Berwin Falls?
(a) Tries to pick up the bill but Alice got it.
(b) Tries to send a video of Honey to Engin.
(c) Tries to escape to have a smoke.
(d) Tries to preserve the moment of snuggling.

14. Why does Cindy Cooper dislike Clabbers?
(a) Because she is always trying to hook the State of Jefferson issue to globalism.
(b) Because she is from the East coast and lies about her ties to Altavista.
(c) Because she is not from Altavista.
(d) Because she is rich but masquerades as poor.

15. What does Daphne say when Alice expresses concern about Daphne’s job in San Francisco?
(a) She has a lot of personal time stored up.
(b) She will fix everything when she gets back.
(c) She doesn’t care if she gets fired.
(d) She can keep emailing them and buy time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the fate of the State of Jefferson?

2. What does Daphne do that gives her misgivings about her parenting after she drops Alice at Camp Cooville?

3. What does Daphne say Honey means when she says bibit?

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

5. Where does Alice say she lived after her children died?

(see the answer keys)

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