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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapters Four-Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the bar where the May Mothers met on the night Midas disappeared?
(a) The Bitter Lemon.
(b) The Painted Goat.
(c) The Jolly Llama.
(d) The Speckled Hen.

2. What is the name of the babysitter that Nell provides for Winnie?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Gemma.
(c) Alma.
(d) Grace.

3. What does the Prologue imply is the likely cause of the narrator being unprepared for her child's birth?
(a) She is distracted by her tumultuous relationship with a married man.
(b) She does not pay attention to the information she gets from the May Mothers.
(c) She did not anticipate that the baby might arrive before its due date.
(d) She is not really interested in being a mother and is living in denial.

4. What distinctive item is the man Winnie talks to at the bar wearing?
(a) A red baseball cap.
(b) A tweed sports coat.
(c) A straw cowboy hat.
(d) A leather motorcycle jacket.

5. Where is Francie from?
(a) California.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Florida.
(d) Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of animal is the toy that disappeared with Midas?

3. What is the name of the person that the first-person narrator keeps thinking about in the Prologue?

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

5. What is the name of the television show that Winnie was on as a teenager?

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