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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hope worry about?
(a) She is a bad mother.
(b) She is stupid.
(c) She is fat.
(d) She is skinny.

2. In “Big,” where does Blandine work?
(a) At a diner.
(b) At a hardware store.
(c) At a computer store.
(d) At a pub.

3. In “Variables,” what is James Yager's profession?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A pub owner.
(c) A music teacher.
(d) A priest.

4. In “Variables,” what do James and Tiffany start to work on together?
(a) A sermon.
(b) A duet.
(c) A song.
(d) A play.

5. Where do Blandine’s foster parents let her enroll?
(a) An art school.
(b) A culinary academy.
(c) A barber school.
(d) An Independence Workshop.

6. What is Joan sensitive about?
(a) Calling people on the phone.
(b) Riding the train.
(c) Bullying.
(d) Long plane rides.

7. Who moved into the Rabbit Hutch together?
(a) Todd and Malik.
(b) Blandine and Todd.
(c) Nadine and Todd.
(d) Malik and Elsie.

8. In Part I, “The Opposite of Nothing," what month is it?
(a) October.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) June.

9. In “Chemical Hazard,” what is Moses’s favorite pastime?
(a) Covering his naked body with the liquid of broken glow sticks.
(b) Showering.
(c) Reading a good book.
(d) Covering his naked body with soft towels.

10. Who lives in the apartment C8?
(a) Toby.
(b) Hope.
(c) Moses.
(d) Shawn.

11. What are the names of the elderly couple in C6?
(a) Leon and Asla.
(b) Ida and Vernon.
(c) Ida and Reggie.
(d) Alexa and Maureen.

12. What state is the novel set in?
(a) Indiana.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Arizona.

13. Why does Joan's boss scold her?
(a) She is writing her novel on company time.
(b) She deleted Moses's comment.
(c) She did not turn in her timecard.
(d) She has been late four days in a row.

14. Who is Zoe at the end of the chapter “Variables”?
(a) Blandine's former classmate.
(b) Moses's former lover.
(c) Todd's wife.
(d) Blandine's friend.

15. In “Variables,” what does James ask Tiffany to do for him?
(a) Get money.
(b) Babysit.
(c) Fix his stove.
(d) Fix his car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who emails Blandine from St. Philomena?

2. What drops from the ceiling vents during the event?

3. What does Tiffany hear James play?

4. In the days following “the Night,” what does James stop doing?

5. What is the setting of the novel?

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