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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Nora's roommate?
(a) Helen.
(b) Margot.
(c) Max.
(d) Robert.

2. Where does Jeremy have dinner with Nora in Part II?
(a) The Pantry.
(b) The Place.
(c) McLean's.
(d) The Corner Store.

3. What was happening in California when Driss and Maryam first arrived from their home country?
(a) Wildfires.
(b) Recession.
(c) Drought.
(d) An economic boom.

4. Who does Jeremy ask about the reasons Fierro is in jail?
(a) Singh.
(b) Coleman.
(c) Allen.
(d) Lomeli.

5. Why does Jeremy insist on driving Nora home to the cabin in Part II?
(a) She has a headache.
(b) She has a flat tire.
(c) She lost her glasses.
(d) She had too much to drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maryam feel in the days after Driss's death?

2. What car does Fierro destroy that belongs to his ex-wife?

3. Where does A.J. Baker go to college?

4. Who is the wife of the witness to the accident?

5. Who questions Anderson Baker about the hit-and-run?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the school play that ruins it for Efrain?

2. How does Nora challenge Jeremy on his past in Part II?

3. Why is Coleman uncomfortable talking to Murphy?

4. What is the basis of Jeremy's friendship with Fierro?

5. Why does Salma become so bitter towards Nora in Part II?

6. What is the condition Jeremy places on bailing Fierro out of jail?

7. When is the one time Jeremy remembers his father telling him he was proud of Jeremy?

8. What happens that destroys Jeremy's family while he is in high school?

9. Why does Coleman move to a Mojave Desert town?

10. Why does Nora remember her father's death with contradictory thoughts?

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