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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapters Twelve-Fifteen.

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

2. Who is Dr. H?
(a) The narrator's obstetrician.
(b) The narrator's therapist.
(c) The narrator's child's pediatrician.
(d) The narrator's childhood doctor.

3. Whom does Francie run into at IKEA?
(a) Scarlett.
(b) Gemma.
(c) Yuko.
(d) Winnie.

4. What odd thing does Francie have in her bra at the beginning of Chapter Seven?
(a) A baby sock.
(b) Tea bags.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) Potatoes.

5. In Chapter Twelve, what does the narrator reveal she has done?
(a) Called her lover's wife.
(b) Stolen a car.
(c) Framed someone for kidnapping.
(d) Killed someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the suspect mentioned in the file that Colette copied?

2. What does Nell bring to the park that surprises the May Mothers?

3. What does Lowell think Francie is spending too much time doing?

4. Which May Mother does Nell say she was with at the bar, even though this woman did not attend the event?

5. What falls out of the file that Aaron Neeley is carrying in Chapter Fourteen?

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