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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Chapters Sixteen-Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think is the reason that Joshua is waiting for her to solve all of their problems?
(a) He is lazy and self-involved and has little interest in tackling real problems.
(b) She is the one who created their problems in the first place.
(c) He wants to prove to her that she is unrealistic and incapable of clear thinking.
(d) She has repeatedly boasted about her cleverness and ability to solve problems.

2. What object does the narrator obsess about at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?
(a) A police car.
(b) Midas's blanket.
(c) A stuffed elephant.
(d) A bottle of pills.

3. What does Francie immediately notice about Colette's apartment?
(a) It has a strange smell.
(b) It is cluttered.
(c) It is huge.
(d) It is very cold.

4. Which of the May Mothers arranges the group's first meeting, in March?
(a) Francie.
(b) Nell.
(c) Scarlett.
(d) Colette.

5. When Chapter Thirteen opens, what are Nell and Colette doing?
(a) Heading for a meeting of the May Mothers.
(b) Going out for coffee.
(c) Trying to get their babies to sleep.
(d) Getting some exercise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nell's line of work?

2. What is surprising about Colette's appearance when she opens the door to her apartment in Chapter Seven?

3. What falls out of the file that Aaron Neeley is carrying in Chapter Fourteen?

4. To what famous novel does Colette allude in Chapter Thirteen?

5. What does Nell confess about Beatrice's first day at daycare?

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