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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 on the flash drive that Colette took from the mayor's office?
(a) The profiles of the May Mothers from the Village website.
(b) Images of Winnie's apartment from the night of July 4th.
(c) Transcripts of interviews with Ross family employees.
(d) Police interviews with the May Mothers.

2. What information is contained in the papers that Token gives to Elliott Falk?
(a) Alma's immigration status.
(b) Token's arrest record.
(c) Nell's true identity.
(d) Archie Andersen's address.

3. What does Lowell's mother announce triumphantly at the end of Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Lowell has asked her to stay indefinitely.
(b) The police have taken Winnie in for questioning.
(c) Francie needs to go to a mental hospital.
(d) Francie's name being in the news will boost Lowell's business.

4. In Chapter Fifteen, what does the narrator admit to having failed at?
(a) Protecting her son.
(b) Being a good friend.
(c) Keeping her affair a secret.
(d) Managing her mental illness.

5. In Chapter Twelve, what does the narrator imply is one of the many lies she has told?
(a) That she would actually like to live in the countryside permanently.
(b) That she regrets the harms she has caused other people.
(c) That she wanted the baby and enjoys motherhood.
(d) That she does not want her married lover to leave his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Ancient Greek character does Nell reference in Chapter Thirteen?

2. Whose birthday is the group celebrating in the book's epilogue?

3. What do Colette and Nell do when they realize Scarlett has returned?

4. What did the press call Nell during the Raine scandal?

5. In Chapter Twelve, what prevents the narrator from getting out and doing things?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the implications of the papers that Francie finds in Scarlett's desk drawer?

2. What argument do Francie and Lowell get into about a stroller, and what does the argument demonstrate about their relationship?

3. In Chapter Fourteen, what causes Colette to jump to the conclusion that Midas is dead?

4. What item is delivered to all three women--Nell, Francie, and Colette--and what does it contain?

5. When Francie talks to Token in his apartment, what does she learn about his relationship, and how is this information expanded on later, when the narrative shifts to Token's perspective?

6. How does Francie's mental state both help and hinder the efforts to find Midas?

7. What is ironic about Nell's boss's attitude when he is asking Nell about the magazine cover?

8. What are Nell's motivations for ignoring her own standards in order to accept and keep the job at Simon French?

9. How do Nell and Colette end up in Scarlett's apartment?

10. In Chapter Fifteen, what promise does the narrator remember making and then immediately breaking?

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