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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Meg comes home for Easter the year she moves out, what is she especially angry to find that Lorelei has stored in her room?
(a) Insect repellent.
(b) Lawn fertilizer.
(c) Rat poison.
(d) Paint thinner.

2. At the pool in Greece, when Meg catches sight of the elegant woman with two daughters for the second time, what eases her jealousy and makes her feel better about her own life?
(a) The woman has lost track of one of her daughters.
(b) The woman's children are ignoring her.
(c) The woman is tipping a server with a handful of coins.
(d) The woman does not appear to have a partner.

3. What do the last two pages of Chapter 5 imply is the reason Beth cannot give up her relationship with Bill?
(a) There is something inherently self-destructive about Beth.
(b) He is a temporary escape from her life at Bird House.
(c) She has fallen deeply in love with him.
(d) Sleeping with Bill is part of Beth's need to compete with Meg.

4. What is Beth trying to talk to Meg about when Molly interrupts their phone call to complain about Alfie and her father?
(a) Beth is trying to convince Meg that she is not lonely and does not need to start dating.
(b) Beth is trying to explain how miserable she is and why she feels like a failure.
(c) Beth is trying to describe how uncomfortable Vicky's relationship with Lorelei makes her.
(d) Beth is trying to defend Lorelei's way of grieving over Rhys.

5. What does Beth think is the main reason she did not move to London to live with Meg when she was younger?
(a) Her own insecurities.
(b) Lorelei's mental illness.
(c) Rhys's death.
(d) Meg's obsessive cleanliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorelei explain to Jim in her New Years email?

2. What is the name of the man that Rory smokes and drinks with at the commune while Kayleigh takes care of their daughter?

3. When Rory and Kayleigh come to Easter, where do they stay while they are in England?

4. How does Vicky accidentally upset Lorelei when she is trying to find a way to get Kayleigh to stop saying crude things in front of the children?

5. What does Lorelei say is the cause of her isolation from the rest of her family?

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