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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What detail of Winnie's appearance does Nell specifically notice when Winnie first enters the bar?
(a) Winnie's flat stomach.
(b) Winnie's broken fingernails.
(c) Winnie's pale complexion.
(d) Winnie's happy expression.

3. 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.

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

5. Why does Nell's partner object to the babysitter Nell hired?
(a) The babysitter is undocumented.
(b) He expected to be included in the hiring process.
(c) The babysitter was recommended by Nell's ex.
(d) He does not want Nell to return to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the television show that Winnie was on as a teenager?

2. What does the narrator suspect that she and Nell have in common?

3. When Francie recalls the night at the bar, what does she feel guilty about?

4. Who arrives at Colette's apartment just as she is about to explain what is in the file she copied?

5. How many natural miscarriages did Francie have before she got pregnant with Will?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is "Token," and what is the implied source of his nickname?

2. In Chapter Nine, what has changed about the narrator's situation?

3. How does Chapter One hint at trouble in the narrator's childhood?

4. What does Francie mention having seen on Patricia Faith's television show, and how does Nell react?

5. What does Winnie leave on the table at the bar, and where does it eventually end up?

6. What does Colette discover on the mayor's desk, and what does she do with it?

7. When Nell is trying on clothes in Chapter Eight, what does she begin to worry might be true about her memory of the man at the bar?

8. How do Chapters One through Three characterize Francie?

9. How does Bodhi Mogaro's attorney explain away the evidence against Mogaro?

10. What makes Colette feel like an impostor among the other May Mothers?

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