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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What milestone in Beatrice's development does Nell witness at the daycare?
(a) Beatrice lifts her own head.
(b) Beatrice smiles.
(c) Beatrice rolls over.
(d) Beatrice eats rice cereal.

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

3. Who is Archie Andersen?
(a) A man who keeps walking his dog past Winnie's apartment.
(b) A conservative Christian religious leader.
(c) A young man who stalked Winnie when she was a teenager.
(d) A registered sex offender from Winnie's neighborhood.

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

5. What does Francie decide about the identity of the man she sees come out of Winnie's building in Chapter Ten?
(a) He is likely another police detective.
(b) He is probably Winnie's father.
(c) He might be the father of Winnie's baby.
(d) He must be a security guard.

6. How many natural miscarriages did Francie have before she got pregnant with Will?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

7. What job did Alma have in Honduras?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Nanny.

8. Which May Mother does Nell say she was with at the bar, even though this woman did not attend the event?
(a) Gemma.
(b) Scarlett.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Yuko.

9. What item from the file on the mayor's desk ends up in Colette's purse when she leaves City Hall?
(a) A copy of a warrant.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A flash drive.
(d) An interview transcript.

10. On page 80, what significant words does the narrator end Chapter Six with?
(a) "How will I endure another day?"
(b) "My god, what have I done?"
(c) "I have nothing to add."
(d) "Joshua, where are you?"

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

12. What is the name of the babysitter that Nell provides for Winnie?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Gemma.
(c) Grace.
(d) Alma.

13. What does Francie ask Winnie to do that causes Winnie to leave the table to go get herself a drink?
(a) Talk about Midas's colic.
(b) Show them photos of Midas.
(c) Talk about Midas's father.
(d) Tell the story of Midas's birth.

14. What is the name of the television show that Winnie was on as a teenager?
(a) Whispers.
(b) Cupcake.
(c) Bluebird.
(d) Desperate.

15. How do both Neeley and Teb respond to Colette's latest chapters?
(a) They urge her to work faster.
(b) They are pleased and intrigued.
(c) They are critical and disappointed.
(d) They suggest that she needs a co-author.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the shirt she finds in her bathroom makes Nell worried that her vague memory from the bar bathroom on the previous evening might be real?

2. What odd thing does Francie have in her bra at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

3. When Colette arrives home in Chapter Eight, to whom is Charlie talking on the phone?

4. What causes Yuko to say the May Mothers need a new meeting place?

5. What kind of books does Colette write?

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