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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 does Nell bring to the park that surprises the May Mothers?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Cheesecake.
(c) Wine.
(d) Muffins.

2. Who is Elliott Falk?
(a) A reporter.
(b) An NYPD detective.
(c) The mayor's chief of staff.
(d) The police commissioner.

3. In Chapter Six, when the narrator is pacing inside her house, what does she automatically avoid?
(a) Looking at her child's crib.
(b) The creaky board outside the nursery.
(c) The rocking chair where she nurses the baby.
(d) The photo of her baby's father.

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

5. What does the narrator say is the downside of her genetic inheritance?
(a) Her mother had a substance use disorder.
(b) Her father had bipolar disorder.
(c) Her mother had breast cancer.
(d) Her father had cystic fibrosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the suspect mentioned in the file that Colette copied?

2. When Chapter Two takes place, how long has it been since Midas's birth?

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

4. What industry is the suspect mentioned in the file associated with?

5. What reason does Nell give for firing Alma?

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