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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 Maryam tell the police Driss and Anderson Baker argued over?
(a) The weather.
(b) Parking.
(c) Prices of food.
(d) Politics.

2. What detail does Efrain remember about Baker's car that convinces Coleman he was a witness?
(a) A bumper sticker.
(b) A rattling tire.
(c) A red sticker in the window.
(d) An unusual hood ornament.

3. Who tries to help Nora bowl better in Part IV?
(a) Maryam.
(b) Anderson.
(c) A.J.
(d) Helen.

4. What does Salma remember about the trip to America when she moves there as a young child?
(a) The big cars in America.
(b) Her mother's Pan Am bag when she wakes up from the plane ride.
(c) The terrible food on the plane.
(d) The dogs everywhere in the airport.

5. Where did tourists often come to The Pantry from?
(a) Joshua Tree.
(b) The Sahara Desert.
(c) Dead Man's Loop.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nora go to college?

2. What does Jeremy ask Nora to share with him in Part IV for the first time?

3. Who is the hit-and-run driver's lawyer?

4. Who do Salma and Maryam talk to that angers Nora in the end of Part III?

5. What can Jeremy tell Fierro is thinking of his first group therapy session?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora tell Jeremy about Max in Part III, and why?

2. Why is Nora frustrated with Ray in Part IV?

3. What does Nora begin to piece together as a reason Anderson Baker might have wanted to kill her father?

4. What does Nora say when Jeremy says something heartfelt and sweet to her in Part IV?

5. How does Coleman figure out how to catch the hit-and-run driver in Part III?

6. What is Baker's excuse for hitting Driss and then leaving?

7. Why does Nora decide not to tell her mother about Driss's affair?

8. Why does Nora become committed to the idea of running The Pantry in Part IV?

9. Why is Nora angry with Salma about Anderson Baker's court appearance?

10. What does Salma do to cope with the pressures of her job and family in Part IV?

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