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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francie's mother pester her about during their phone call?
(a) Going back to work.
(b) Moving home from New York.
(c) The money Francie owes her.
(d) Francie's baby's baptism.

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

3. What is the name of the person that the first-person narrator keeps thinking about in the Prologue?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Andrew.
(c) David.
(d) Joshua.

4. 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?
(a) It smells like vomit.
(b) It has a burn mark.
(c) It has a blood stain.
(d) It is ripped.

5. When Chapter Ten opens, what is Francie reading about online?
(a) Developmental milestones.
(b) Westchester real estate.
(c) The criminal backgrounds of Alma's relatives.
(d) Missing children who have been found.

6. Which of the May Mothers gets very upset when she sees the former Secretary of State being interviewed on television?
(a) Francie.
(b) Colette.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Nell.

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

8. In Chapter Eleven, where does Francie go when she tells Lowell that she is leaving to meet the May Mothers?
(a) The police station.
(b) The park.
(c) The Jolly Llama.
(d) City Hall.

9. Where is Francie from?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Florida.
(d) California.

10. What motivates Antonia Framingham to donate money to the NYPD to assist in finding Midas?
(a) She is a friend of Winnie's grandparents.
(b) Her son is the police commissioner.
(c) She writes about missing children.
(d) Her own child was abducted years ago.

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

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

13. What kind of animal is the toy that disappeared with Midas?
(a) Giraffe.
(b) Bear.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Bunny.

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

15. Which of the May Mothers arranges the group's first meeting, in March?
(a) Colette.
(b) Scarlett.
(c) Francie.
(d) Nell.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What job did Alma have in Honduras?

4. What question does Hoyt end his Chapter Ten interview of Nell with?

5. Who was the father in Francie's first pregnancy?

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