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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapters Four-Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nell bring to the park that surprises the May Mothers?
(a) Cheesecake.
(b) Muffins.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Wine.

2. What does the text's description of Winnie's home establish about her?
(a) She moves around a lot and considers this home temporary.
(b) She is security-conscious to the point of paranoia.
(c) She has surprisingly simple tastes.
(d) She has access to a great deal of money.

3. What does Nell claim not to remember about the night at the bar?
(a) Token going into the bar with Winnie.
(b) Dropping her purse.
(c) Ordering French fries.
(d) Seeing the man in the baseball cap.

4. What reason does Nell give for firing Alma?
(a) Her partner's objections to Alma.
(b) Her suspicion that Alma took Midas.
(c) Alma's undocumented status.
(d) The journalists hounding Alma.

5. Before leaving for his next meeting, what does the mayor ask Colette to send him?
(a) The next chapter of her manuscript.
(b) Her chocolate chip muffin recipe.
(c) Photos of Poppy.
(d) Winnie's phone number.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Teb Shepherd's job before he became mayor?

2. 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?

3. Early in their conversation at the bar, what aspect of life in the United States do the May Mothers compare unfavorably with the situation in other countries?

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

5. What does the narrator say is the downside of her genetic inheritance?

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