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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 Eleven, where does Francie go when she tells Lowell that she is leaving to meet the May Mothers?
(a) The park.
(b) The police station.
(c) City Hall.
(d) The Jolly Llama.

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

3. What question does Hoyt end his Chapter Ten interview of Nell with?
(a) Whether she remembers a man in a red baseball cap.
(b) Whether she made a call from Winnie's phone.
(c) Whether she has a criminal record.
(d) Whether Nell Mackey is her real name.

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

5. Which of the May Mothers gets very upset when she sees the former Secretary of State being interviewed on television?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Nell.
(c) Francie.
(d) Colette.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Chapter Ten opens, what is Francie reading about online?

3. What is Francie's baby's name?

4. When Lowell learns that Francie is texting Winnie, what do his comments imply?

5. Where did Meraud Spool meet Winnie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. How do Chapters One through Three characterize Nell?

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

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