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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapters 13-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person that Beth suspects knows about her affair with Bill?
(a) Meg.
(b) Kayleigh.
(c) Vicky.
(d) Lorelei.

2. What does Lorelei think Meg should do with her money instead of spending it on a ski vacation?
(a) Buy herself some more colorful clothes.
(b) Give it to Lorelei.
(c) Buy some things to make her house more cheerful.
(d) Buy Rory a plane ticket home.

3. When she is about sixteen, why does Meg feel jealousy toward Beth?
(a) Beth is invited to the seaside with a friend.
(b) Beth is dating a boy Meg likes.
(c) Beth is still small and thin, like a child.
(d) Beth develops larger breasts.

4. Whom does Rory have the easiest time relating to on his first day back with his family?
(a) Colin.
(b) Beth.
(c) Meg.
(d) Molly.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Vicky's comparison of her cancer's progress to a "whistle-stop sightseeing tour" indicate? (252)
(a) The cancer is moving quickly and becoming widespread.
(b) The cancer is powerful and unstoppable.
(c) The cancer creates obvious symptoms in each part of her body.
(d) The cancer is an enemy that does not respect or care about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rory's daughter's name?

2. What is the main thing that makes Beth so eager to get home to Bird House when she stays at Meg's place to help out during Alfie's birth?

3. Which is the best description of Meg's tone when Colin calls in Chapter 8 to say he is at the airport?

4. What does the description of Maddy fussing over Beth foreshadow?

5. In April of 2000, why does Rory not call his mother as he promised on Easter Sunday?

(see the answer key)

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