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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Meg's reaction to Lorelei's eulogy for Vicky?
(a) She is pleased at how well her mother did.
(b) She is embarrassed that people now know about Lorelei's and Vicky's romantic relationship.
(c) She is angry that Lorelei made the eulogy all about herself.
(d) She is worried by the obvious decline in Lorelei's mental acuity.

2. What is Lorelei beginning to talk with Meg about for the first time when their conversation is interrupted by Vicky's daughters bringing in a cake?
(a) The trauma she suffered in her childhood home.
(b) The possibility of seeing a therapist.
(c) Her reasons for the affair with Vicky.
(d) Her reaction to Rhys's death.

3. What does Maddy reveal about herself that makes Vicky see how unfair her choices have been to her daughters?
(a) She has come to hate the holidays, especially Easter.
(b) She is afraid to ask her friends over to the house.
(c) She is anxious and struggling to stay focused in school.
(d) She has been starting to hoard things in her room.

4. When Beth comes in from her run and sees her father, her mother, and Vicky fighting, what are they fighting over?
(a) A duffle coat.
(b) A raincoat.
(c) A duvet cover.
(d) A towel.

5. In April of 2000, why does Rory not call his mother as he promised on Easter Sunday?
(a) He has had to sell his cellphone for food money.
(b) The phone at the bar is out of order.
(c) He decides that talking to Lorelei is too depressing.
(d) Kayleigh will not let him leave the commune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beth unpleasantly surprised by at Meg's house in September of 2006?

2. When Meg and Beth talk on the phone during Meg's vacation, what memory from their childhoods do they jokingly allude to?

3. What is Meg's husband's name?

4. At Easter lunch in 1986, what does Meg get upset about her mother having so many of?

5. Where does Beth tell Meg she intends to raise her daughter?

(see the answer key)

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