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

2. How much time elapses between the Prologue and Chapter One?
(a) 20 months.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 14 months.

3. When Chapter Two takes place, how long has it been since Midas's birth?
(a) Just under 2 months.
(b) About 2 weeks.
(c) About 4 months.
(d) Almost 1 year.

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

5. What does the app the women find on Winnie's phone do?
(a) It sends data on her location to an unknown device.
(b) It shows a video feed from Midas's baby monitor.
(c) It allows her to watch Alma through a hidden nanny cam.
(d) It allows her to lock and unlock her doors remotely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Francie ask Winnie to do that causes Winnie to leave the table to go get herself a drink?

3. Which of the May Mothers arranges the group's first meeting, in March?

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

5. What detail of Winnie's appearance does Nell specifically notice when Winnie first enters the bar?

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