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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 is Nell's line of work?
(a) Investment fund management.
(b) Medical equipment sales.
(c) Public policy analysis.
(d) Information security.

2. How did Winnie's mother die?
(a) A fall down the stairs.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Overdose.

3. Who is Dr. H?
(a) The narrator's obstetrician.
(b) The narrator's therapist.
(c) The narrator's child's pediatrician.
(d) The narrator's childhood doctor.

4. In Chapter Eight, what is it revealed that Colette has been worrying about?
(a) Whether Winnie might have harmed Midas.
(b) Whether Poppy is developing normally.
(c) Whether Charlie is having an affair.
(d) Whether she should stop working on Teb's book.

5. Where did Meraud Spool meet Winnie?
(a) A family holiday party.
(b) The National Ballet Academy.
(c) Their elementary school.
(d) The Bluebird auditions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What odd thing does Francie have in her bra at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

2. Where is Francie from?

3. What does the Prologue imply is the likely cause of the narrator being unprepared for her child's birth?

4. What Billy Idol song's lyrics do the women end up singing along to at the bar?

5. What does Francie immediately notice about Colette's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the Prologue and Chapter One characterize the narrator?

4. In Chapter Eleven, what does Francie decide the police need to investigate further?

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

6. What does Nell have tattooed on her arm, and what does it mean to her?

7. When Colette takes the Midas file for the second time, what does she see that links her to the case and what does she do with it?

8. In Chapter Five, why are the police being criticized for their handling of Midas's case?

9. How do the narrative perspective and point of view shift from the Prologue through Chapter Three?

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

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