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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapters Twelve-Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Winnie's boyfriend from when she was a teenager?
(a) Adam.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Samuel.

2. Why has the narrator realized that she and Joshua cannot go to Indonesia?
(a) The police will be watching the airports.
(b) They are out of money.
(c) She needs to stay closer to her doctors.
(d) Joshua cannot get a passport.

3. What part of Patricia Faith's broadcast upsets Francie?
(a) The news that the police want to talk to the women who were at Winnie's house that night.
(b) Hearing that the first twenty-four hours are critical in a missing child case.
(c) Hearing the woman's bigoted remarks about undocumented immigrants.
(d) The insinuation that Winnie may have harmed her own child.

4. Early in their conversation at the bar, what aspect of life in the United States do the May Mothers compare unfavorably with the situation in other countries?
(a) Maternity leave.
(b) Gun control.
(c) Healthcare.
(d) Education.

5. What was the subject of Colette's first book?
(a) The first female presidential candidate.
(b) The effects of stardom on child actors.
(c) Equitable division of household labor.
(d) Growing up with a famous mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nell's partner object to the babysitter Nell hired?

2. What is the name of the bar where the May Mothers met on the night Midas disappeared?

3. What does the text's description of Winnie's home establish about her?

4. Where does Nell go right after she leaves the clothing store in Chapter Eight?

5. Who was the father in Francie's first pregnancy?

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