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

2. On the night that Midas disappears, what does Francie have a nightmare about?
(a) Her mother showing up unannounced.
(b) Being unable to breastfeed Will.
(c) Leaving Will in the grocery store.
(d) Lowell asking for a divorce.

3. What reason does Nell give for firing Alma?
(a) Her partner's objections to Alma.
(b) Her suspicion that Alma took Midas.
(c) Alma's undocumented status.
(d) The journalists hounding Alma.

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

5. Whose remains are found near Winnie's upstate New York home?
(a) Hector Quimby.
(b) Theodore Odgard.
(c) Lachlan Raine.
(d) Bodhi Mogaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the shirt she finds in her bathroom makes Nell worried that her vague memory from the bar bathroom on the previous evening might be real?

2. What Billy Idol song's lyrics do the women end up singing along to at the bar?

3. When Colette arrives for her meeting with the mayor, who is Shepherd in a meeting with?

4. When the neighbor Nell runs into at the Spot mentions hearing Beatrice crying at night, what does Nell claim?

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

(see the answer key)

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