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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Prologue-Chapter Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Yuko to say the May Mothers need a new meeting place?
(a) The dirt.
(b) The crowds.
(c) The heat.
(d) The noise.

2. Who goes with Winnie when she leaves to get herself an alcoholic drink?
(a) Colette.
(b) Francie.
(c) Token.
(d) Nell.

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

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

5. What detail of Winnie's appearance does Nell specifically notice when Winnie first enters the bar?
(a) Winnie's flat stomach.
(b) Winnie's pale complexion.
(c) Winnie's happy expression.
(d) Winnie's broken fingernails.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the novel take place?

2. What does the narrator suspect that she and Nell have in common?

3. Why does Nell's partner object to the babysitter Nell hired?

4. What does Nell suspect might be causing Winnie to feel overwhelmed?

5. Where is the narrator as she narrates Chapter One?

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