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

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

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

4. Where does the novel take place?
(a) Albany.
(b) Westchester.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. What is Francie's baby's name?
(a) Will.
(b) Lowell.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Poppy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the babysitter that Nell provides for Winnie?

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

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

4. What does the Prologue imply is the likely cause of the narrator being unprepared for her child's birth?

5. 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?

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