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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. What does Nora use to keep her cabin cool?
(a) A swamp cooler.
(b) A fan.
(c) Ice cubes.
(d) Open windows.

2. What does Nora's mother often say to her throughout the years?
(a) Her head is in the clouds.
(b) She is very like her father.
(c) She should move to Europe.
(d) She needs to study less.

3. Why is Salma so bitter towards Nora in Part II?
(a) Nora inherits Driss's watch.
(b) Nora inherits Driss's car.
(c) Driss leaves both children nothing.
(d) Driss leaves his life insurance money only to Nora.

4. What does Jeremy learn to do better after his mother's death?
(a) Run.
(b) Teach.
(c) Cook.
(d) Mow the lawn.

5. What is Coleman's first name?
(a) Erica.
(b) Winnie.
(c) Helen.
(d) Jennifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora tell Jeremy about that has caused problems between her and her sister at dinner in Part II?

2. Who is Nora's roommate?

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

4. Why does Jeremy insist on driving Nora home to the cabin in Part II?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Efrain hesitate to go the police as a witness to the hit-and-run?

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

3. Who tries to persuade Efrain to go to the police with his information, and why?

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

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

6. Why is Coleman uncomfortable talking to Murphy?

7. What does Anderson Baker tell Coleman about the night Driss died in Part II?

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

9. Why does Nora spend so much time at her father's cabin in Part II?

10. What is Nora's relationship with Salma like?

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