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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. In Chapter Eight, when Nell recalls deleting the Peek-a-Boo app from Winnie's phone, how does she characterize her own actions?
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Altruistic.
(d) Mean-spirited.

2. Who was the father in Francie's first pregnancy?
(a) An unknown stranger.
(b) Lowell Givens.
(c) James Colburn.
(d) Her church's youth pastor.

3. What does the app the women find on Winnie's phone do?
(a) It allows her to lock and unlock her doors remotely.
(b) It allows her to watch Alma through a hidden nanny cam.
(c) It shows a video feed from Midas's baby monitor.
(d) It sends data on her location to an unknown device.

4. Where is Bodhi Mogaro eventually located?
(a) An airfield in Maryland.
(b) An army facility in Pennsylvania.
(c) An airfield in Pennsylvania.
(d) An army facility in Maryland.

5. What Billy Idol song's lyrics do the women end up singing along to at the bar?
(a) "White Wedding."
(b) "Rebel Yell."
(c) "Dancing With Myself."
(d) "Cradle of Love."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lowell think Francie is spending too much time doing?

2. What was Teb Shepherd's job before he became mayor?

3. On the night that Midas disappears, what does Francie have a nightmare about?

4. What has Francie been writing in the notebook that she brings to Colette's apartment?

5. Which of the May Mothers arranges the group's first meeting, in March?

Short Essay Questions

1. When she is being questioned by the police, what does Nell have a hazy and disturbing memory of?

2. When the police arrive at Nell's to question her, what memory from her past temporarily confuses her?

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

4. How do Chapters One through Three characterize Nell?

5. How do Chapters One through Three characterize Francie?

6. What is Nell's theory about Token, and why does Colette believe Nell is probably mistaken?

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

8. While Colette is out running in Chapter Eight, what source of comfort is she wishing for, and why can she not get it?

9. What do the Prologue and Chapter One make clear was the father's reaction to the narrator's pregnancy, and why?

10. When Colette is at the park in Chapter Eight, what secret desire is she thinking about, and what stops her from trying to obtain it?

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