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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first sickness Phoebe gets?
(a) Chicken Pox.
(b) Pertussis.
(c) Whooping Cough.
(d) Croup.

2. What is Bree doing when Norah sees her at the university?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Studying.
(c) Protesting.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What season is it at the beginning of the book?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

4. How do the other children in the preschool treat Phoebe?
(a) They are nervous around her.
(b) They don't even notice her differences.
(c) They love and adore her.
(d) They are mean to her.

5. How does Norah feel about sending Paul to school?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

6. How many students died at a University in Ohio?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

7. Where does Norah interview for a job?
(a) A library.
(b) A travel agency.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A grocery store.

8. What does Caroline do when she stops her car on her journey with the baby?
(a) Sits in her car and waits to die.
(b) Faints.
(c) Calls David.
(d) Cries out for help.

9. What is built now where the man Caroline is a caretaker for once picked flowers?
(a) A parking garage.
(b) A shopping mall.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A freeway.

10. How did the students at the Ohio University die?
(a) They were strangled.
(b) They were stabbed.
(c) They were poisoned.
(d) They were shot.

11. Where does David send money for Caroline?
(a) Her old apartment.
(b) Her address.
(c) Her P.O. Box.
(d) Her parents' house.

12. What does Norah dream about after giving birth?
(a) Lost things.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Dead ancestors.

13. What is a Mongolid?
(a) A deformed fetus.
(b) A baby with Down's Syndrome.
(c) A stillborn child.
(d) A person with autism.

14. What does Norah do with her photos of the old house?
(a) She buries them.
(b) She frames them.
(c) She destroys them.
(d) She sells them.

15. What does Norah do to calm herself in the afternoon after Paul starts school?
(a) Plays cards.
(b) Goes for walks.
(c) Drinks gin.
(d) Talks to men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Caroline's last name?

2. What makes people who visit Norah and her baby feel awkward?

3. What happens when Caroline sees David sleeping at his desk?

4. Who is Caroline working with to get Down's Syndrome children into the schools?

5. What is engraved on the gift that Norah got for David for their anniversary?

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