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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 57 - 128).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant where Sloane's husband is working when they first meet?
(a) Komi.
(b) Rationale.
(c) Citronella.
(d) Vong.

2. What trauma from high school does Lina reveal to the women in her discussion group?
(a) Her father physically abused her.
(b) She was drugged and raped.
(c) Her mother left her family when she was a young teenager.
(d) She had a severe eating disorder.

3. In the first section focused on Lina in Part II, what does Aidan do after the two have sex that turns Lina off slightly?
(a) He smashes the flat-screen television in the hotel room.
(b) He drinks an entire six-pack of beer before driving home.
(c) He calls her baby.
(d) He does not clean himself up after they have sex.

4. Which writer does Taddeo quote at the very beginning of the book?
(a) Charles Baudelaire.
(b) Kate Walbert.
(c) Simone Bouvoir.
(d) Charles Dickens.

5. What does the adult Maggie confides in at school about her experiences in Hawaii tell her?
(a) She should drop out of school and get a job now.
(b) She did not do anything wrong. Mostly this person just listens to her.
(c) She should go to the police immediately because what the man in Hawaii did to her is a crime.
(d) She should never tell anyone else what happened to her in Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Maggie's class asks a crass question to Mr. Knodel when Mr. Knodel tells the class about his illness?

2. Who is Sloane's husband?

3. Where does Lina live, according to the Prologue?

4. How many months does Lina silently give her husband Ed to try to initiative physical intimacy with her before she will leave him in the first section focused on Lina in Part II?

5. What sport does Maggie play in high school?

(see the answer key)

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