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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. When Winnie is in Token's apartment, what does she see Patricia Faith arguing with someone about on television?
(a) Whether the police commissioner is qualified for the job.
(b) Whether Hector Quimby was involved in Midas's disappearance.
(c) Whether the friends who got inside Winnie's building that night contaminated evidence.
(d) Whether Winnie did something to harm Midas.

2. Why has the narrator realized that she and Joshua cannot go to Indonesia?
(a) She needs to stay closer to her doctors.
(b) The police will be watching the airports.
(c) They are out of money.
(d) Joshua cannot get a passport.

3. What does Scarlett do when Grace points a gun at her?
(a) She forces Grace to shoot her.
(b) She holds a knife to Colette's throat.
(c) She jumps from the balcony.
(d) She stabs herself.

4. In Chapter Twelve, what prevents the narrator from getting out and doing things?
(a) She is still recovering from complications from her c-section.
(b) She is feeling tired and depressed.
(c) She does not want to answer people's nosy questions.
(d) She is trying to respect Joshua's desire for privacy.

5. Which Ancient Greek character does Nell reference in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Sisyphus.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Medea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarlett do in an attempt to disable the women's phones?

2. What do the police want to know about Winnie's relationship with Daniel?

3. What was it that caused Token to suddenly turn back toward his apartment when he was out walking?

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

5. When Colette calls Francie in Chapter Twenty, what is she so worried about that she is crying during the phone call?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Nineteen, what troubling event is the narrator imagining happening?

2. How does Francie feel about her mother-in-law, and why?

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

4. Where did Token get the papers that he gives to Falk, and how have his intentions regarding these papers shifted since he gained possession of them?

5. In Chapter Thirteen, what confusion does Nell express about her mental state on the night of July 4th?

6. 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?

7. How does Francie injure herself when she is following Token?

8. What is Francie sure that the man in the red baseball cap lied to her about, and why is she so certain?

9. In the Patricia Faith interview that Nell watches while she is at work in Chapter Thirteen, what makes it clear that Faith is trying to promote a particular viewpoint about Midas's disappearance?

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

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