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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 the person that the first-person narrator keeps thinking about in the Prologue?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Joshua.
(c) David.
(d) Aaron.

2. When Lowell learns that Francie is texting Winnie, what do his comments imply?
(a) He is suspicious of Winnie.
(b) He thinks that Francie is stalking Winnie.
(c) He is jealous of Winnie.
(d) He thinks that Winnie is a bad influence on Francie.

3. When the neighbor Nell runs into at the Spot mentions hearing Beatrice crying at night, what does Nell claim?
(a) He must be hearing the television.
(b) It is actually Sebastian crying.
(c) He is hallucinating.
(d) It is actually a parrot that he hears.

4. How do both Neeley and Teb respond to Colette's latest chapters?
(a) They are critical and disappointed.
(b) They suggest that she needs a co-author.
(c) They urge her to work faster.
(d) They are pleased and intrigued.

5. Who does Francie meet in a bar in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) The caretaker for the Ross family properties.
(b) A waitress from the Jolly Llama.
(c) The man in the red baseball cap.
(d) The man who walks his dog near Winnie's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the May Mothers meet at the bar and decide not to talk about their babies, what kind of books do they immediately begin discussing?

2. What did Winnie study as a child?

3. What item from the file on the mayor's desk ends up in Colette's purse when she leaves City Hall?

4. Who arrives at Colette's apartment just as she is about to explain what is in the file she copied?

5. How many natural miscarriages did Francie have before she got pregnant with Will?

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