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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Winnie claim to have gone after she left the Jolly Llama?
(a) The park.
(b) A stranger's apartment.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) Daniel's apartment.

2. What detail does the narrator reveal about her childhood during her recollection of the day she discovered that she was pregnant?
(a) Her parents were not married.
(b) Her mother was a teenager when she got married.
(c) Her mother was very religious.
(d) Her parents gave her siblings up for adoption.

3. What does Teb tell Colette in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) He wants her to completely revise her manuscript.
(b) He knows that she hid her connection to the Midas case from him.
(c) He is replacing her as his ghostwriter.
(d) He suspects that she has stolen something from his office.

4. In Chapter Twelve, what prevents the narrator from getting out and doing things?
(a) She is still recovering from complications from her c-section.
(b) She does not want to answer people's nosy questions.
(c) She is feeling tired and depressed.
(d) She is trying to respect Joshua's desire for privacy.

5. What does the narrator think is the reason that Joshua is waiting for her to solve all of their problems?
(a) He is lazy and self-involved and has little interest in tackling real problems.
(b) She is the one who created their problems in the first place.
(c) He wants to prove to her that she is unrealistic and incapable of clear thinking.
(d) She has repeatedly boasted about her cleverness and ability to solve problems.

6. Where has Colette gotten the names of some potential therapists for Francie?
(a) From her mother.
(b) From her own therapist.
(c) From the Village website.
(d) From Charlie's editor.

7. What bad news does Nell receive from her boss in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) He is sending her on a business trip.
(b) Clare will be her new assistant.
(c) He needs her to start working longer hours.
(d) Her yearly bonus is being eliminated.

8. In Chapter Twelve, how does the narrator remember her mother characterizing her?
(a) Stubborn and hard-headed.
(b) Sneaky and dishonest.
(c) Naive and gullible.
(d) Cold and unfeeling.

9. When Francie is talking to Winnie inside Winnie's home, what does Francie suddenly realize is insensitive about her behavior?
(a) She insisted that Winnie talk to her even though she has Will with her.
(b) She asked questions about Winnie's painful childhood.
(c) She revealed that she, Nell, and Colette are trying to solve the mystery.
(d) She complained about Lowell and his mother.

10. Why is Francie so insistent on talking to Scarlett?
(a) She thinks Winnie may have confided in Scarlett.
(b) She thinks Scarlett may have seen something on the night of the 4th.
(c) She believes Scarlett has abducted Midas.
(d) She Is sure she saw Scarlett at the Jolly Llama.

11. When Francie talks to Token in his apartment, whom does she begin to suspect he knew based on his remarks?
(a) Winnie's father.
(b) Archie Andersen.
(c) Patricia Faith.
(d) Hector Quimby.

12. Who does Colette hire as a babysitter in Chapter Twenty-One?
(a) Charlie's mother.
(b) Her neighbor Sonya.
(c) Alma.
(d) One of the May Mothers.

13. What is Francie buying at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Mini muffins.
(b) Charlie's book.
(c) A coffee.
(d) A new stroller.

14. In Chapter Nineteen, whom does Francie recall seeing on television earlier, trying to dodge a pack of reporters?
(a) Colette.
(b) Mayor Shepherd.
(c) Nell.
(d) Winnie.

15. Whose remains are found near Winnie's upstate New York home?
(a) Hector Quimby.
(b) Bodhi Mogaro.
(c) Lachlan Raine.
(d) Theodore Odgard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chapter Thirteen opens, what are Nell and Colette doing?

2. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Nell's intentions when she tells Token to call the police if they do not come back out of Scarlett's building?

3. Whom does Francie run into at IKEA?

4. On page 290, how does Scarlett characterize the emails Francie has been sending her?

5. Why does Francie go back into Scarlett's bedroom after she has already agreed to leave the apartment?

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