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

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

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

4. 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 is distracted by her tumultuous relationship with a married man.
(c) She did not anticipate that the baby might arrive before its due date.
(d) She does not pay attention to the information she gets from the May Mothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What concern of Francie's does the Chapter Two May Mothers email cover?

3. Where does the novel take place?

4. What does the text's description of Winnie's home establish about her?

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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