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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the suspect mentioned in the file that Colette copied?
(a) Dabir Naji.
(b) Kadar Ahmed.
(c) Abbud Bawazeer.
(d) Bodhi Mogaro.

3. What is Francie disappointed to learn about Scarlett?
(a) Scarlett is cutting her maternity leave short.
(b) Scarlett and her husband are moving.
(c) Scarlett has started feeding her baby formula.
(d) Scarlett is getting divorced.

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

5. Who is Elliott Falk?
(a) A reporter.
(b) An NYPD detective.
(c) The police commissioner.
(d) The mayor's chief of staff.

6. What is the name of the bar where the May Mothers met on the night Midas disappeared?
(a) The Speckled Hen.
(b) The Painted Goat.
(c) The Jolly Llama.
(d) The Bitter Lemon.

7. 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.

8. What does the Prologue imply is the likely cause of the narrator being unprepared for her child's birth?
(a) She is distracted by her tumultuous relationship with a married man.
(b) She is not really interested in being a mother and is living in denial.
(c) She does not pay attention to the information she gets from the May Mothers.
(d) She did not anticipate that the baby might arrive before its due date.

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

10. What was the subject of Colette's first book?
(a) Growing up with a famous mother.
(b) The effects of stardom on child actors.
(c) Equitable division of household labor.
(d) The first female presidential candidate.

11. When Lowell learns that Francie is texting Winnie, what do his comments imply?
(a) He thinks that Francie is stalking Winnie.
(b) He thinks that Winnie is a bad influence on Francie.
(c) He is suspicious of Winnie.
(d) He is jealous of Winnie.

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

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

14. What question does Hoyt end his Chapter Ten interview of Nell with?
(a) Whether she has a criminal record.
(b) Whether Nell Mackey is her real name.
(c) Whether she made a call from Winnie's phone.
(d) Whether she remembers a man in a red baseball cap.

15. In Chapter Eight, how does Nell injure herself?
(a) Running from the police.
(b) Climbing over a fence.
(c) Tripping on the stairs.
(d) Dropping a glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nell's line of work?

2. What is Francie's baby's name?

3. What does Mogaro's attorney suggest is the primary reason for the police's suspicion of Mogaro?

4. Where is the narrator as she narrates Chapter One?

5. During their argument in Chapter Eight, what does Charlie imply is true?

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