2. What does Blandine become when she exits her body at the beginning of the book?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Transcendent and enlightened.
(c) The opposite of nothing.
(d) Everything she ever experienced at once.

3. What does Blandine talk to Joan about in “Afterlife”?
(a) Cards.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Money.
(d) The afterlife and faith.

4. How does James make Tiffany feel?
(a) Real and unlonely.
(b) Flirty and thriving.
(c) Beautiful and alive.
(d) Confused and alone.

5. In “Chemical Hazard,” who flies to Indiana for revenge?
(a) Todd.
(b) Elsie.
(c) Moses.
(d) Joan.

6. Which character had a life and identity before she was a mother?
(a) Moses.
(b) Hope.
(c) Blandine.
(d) Elsie.

7. What do Ida and Reggie argue about?
(a) Money.
(b) Toilet paper.
(c) Bats.
(d) Mice.

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

9. In “Please Just,” what does Joan suffer from?
(a) Misophonia.
(b) Visions.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Heart failure.

10. Who does Blandine move in with after she drops out of high school?
(a) Elsie.
(b) Todd.
(c) Elise.
(d) Jack, Todd, and Malik.

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

12. Who did Jack show the fish to?
(a) Blandine.
(b) Elsie.
(c) Todd.
(d) His roommate.

13. In “Variables," what does Tiffany remind James of after they have sex?
(a) That James must keep their relationship a secret.
(b) That James is married.
(c) That he is 42 and she is 17.
(d) That she cannot see him anymore.

14. What does Blandine wish she could do?
(a) Call the dead.
(b) Call her foster parents for advice.
(c) Restore her belief that sexual bliss was a luxury reserved for other people.
(d) See and hear things.

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