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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. Who arrives at Colette's apartment just as she is about to explain what is in the file she copied?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Hoyt.
(c) Shepherd.
(d) Token.

2. What does Mogaro's attorney suggest is the primary reason for the police's suspicion of Mogaro?
(a) Comments Mogaro made to a friend.
(b) Contaminated DNA evidence.
(c) Mogaro's criminal history.
(d) Racial profiling.

3. What distinctive item is the man Winnie talks to at the bar wearing?
(a) A straw cowboy hat.
(b) A red baseball cap.
(c) A leather motorcycle jacket.
(d) A tweed sports coat.

4. During their argument in Chapter Eight, what does Charlie imply is true?
(a) He is starting to doubt Colette's feelings for him because she is uninterested in sex.
(b) His writing is more successful than Colette's and should be prioritized.
(c) Colette never wanted to be a mother, and Poppy is suffering because of it.
(d) Colette's mother's ideas about marriage and motherhood are tainting their relationship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Winnie's boyfriend from when she was a teenager?

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

3. When Colette arrives for her meeting with the mayor, who is Shepherd in a meeting with?

4. What reason does Nell give for firing Alma?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Francie remember about Mr. Colburn, her high school science teacher?

2. When the narrator is pacing inside her house, what memory does she recall, wondering if it was a hallucination?

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

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

5. How do Chapters One through Three characterize Francie?

6. 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?

7. Why is Nell returning to work, and how does she feel about it?

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

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

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

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