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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time of year does Lina's relationship with her high school boyfriend start to wane?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

2. What does Maggie remember first hearing about Mr. Knodel from other students?
(a) That he was a very tough grader.
(b) That he was attractive, nice, and engaging.
(c) That he seemed to always have a grudge against another teacher.
(d) That he talked too much and too fast.

3. What movie does Lina see the very first time she goes out with the boy she has an intense crush on in high school?
(a) Avatar.
(b) Titanic.
(c) Seven.
(d) Back to the Future.

4. In the first section focused on Maggie, what does Maggie think of her makeup as?
(a) Luxury.
(b) Necessity.
(c) War paint.
(d) Protection.

5. 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 drinks an entire six-pack of beer before driving home.
(b) He smashes the flat-screen television in the hotel room.
(c) He does not clean himself up after they have sex.
(d) He calls her baby.

6. Where does Lina often meet her high school boyfriend for trysts?
(a) Under the bleachers.
(b) At the Tastee Freeze.
(c) The river.
(d) The Motel 6.

7. At what point during their sexual experience with the first woman they invite into the bedroom does Sloane become upset with her husband?
(a) When her husband starts to have sex with the other woman.
(b) When her husband abruptly leaves to go get food.
(c) When her husband tells Sloane he wants a divorce.
(d) When her husband tells Sloane to leave.

8. What illness is Lina diagnosed with that seems to explain the physical pain she has?
(a) Fibromyalgia.
(b) Scleroderma.
(c) Neuropathy.
(d) Multiple Sclerosis.

9. Who is like the mother hen in Lina's women's discussion group?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Sloane.
(c) Cathy.
(d) Mary.

10. About how long does Taddeo say she spent on this book in the Author's Note?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 8 years.

11. What is Aidan's last name?
(a) Chilton.
(b) Harley.
(c) Hart.
(d) Davidson.

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

13. What sport does Maggie play in high school?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Soccer.

14. Who is Sloane's husband?
(a) Evan.
(b) John.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Richard.

15. Who does Lina have a crush on in high school that she gets to go to the movies with on a double-date in the first section focused on Lina?
(a) David.
(b) Rod.
(c) Aiden.
(d) Sam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lina tell the women in her discussion group in the first section focused on her in Part II that brings a chill to some of their interactions with her?

2. In what state does Maggie Wilken live?

3. Which of Maggie's sisters did her whole family visit one Christmas in Colorado?

4. In which country did Taddeo's mother work and live as a young woman outside of the U.S.?

5. What does the boy Lina has an intense crush on in high school call her as an affectionate nick name?

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