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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sloane first meet her husband?
(a) She is his laywer.
(b) She waits tables at the restaurant next door to his office.
(c) She goes to the restaurant where he is a chef on a date for dinner.
(d) Their parents introduce them.

2. What accolade has Aaron Knodel recently won professionally in the first section focused on Maggie?
(a) North Dakota Teacher of the Year.
(b) North Dakota Soccer Coach of the Year.
(c) Indiana Teacher of the Year.
(d) Michigan Teacher of the Year.

3. In the first section focused on Lina in Part II, where does her women's discussion group meet?
(a) At Lina's doctor's office.
(b) At Lina's house.
(c) At the library.
(d) At one of the women's houses.

4. Why does Aaron Knodel ask Maggie to come to his house in the second section of Part II focusing on Maggie?
(a) He wants Maggie to help him with interior decorating.
(b) He wants Maggie to meet his wife.
(c) He wants his children to meet Maggie.
(d) His wife is out of town.

5. Who is Maggie's brother-in-law who she visits in Hawaii during high school, along with her sister?
(a) Roman.
(b) Donald.
(c) Robert.
(d) Dane.

6. What does Lina claim to want most from her husband Ed that he refuses to engage in?
(a) Intercourse.
(b) Hand-holding.
(c) Passionate kissing.
(d) Snuggling.

7. Where is the man Maggie becomes involved with in Hawaii originally from?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

8. Who is the first person Sloane engages in a threesome with with her husband?
(a) Karin.
(b) Agatha.
(c) Wes.
(d) Riley.

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

10. What does the boy Lina has an intense crush on in high school call her as an affectionate nick name?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Babe.
(c) Kid.
(d) Smiley.

11. What happens to Lina at the party her male friend invites her to in the first section of the book focused on her?
(a) She is drugged and raped.
(b) She is driven out in the woods and left there.
(c) She cuts her hand badly on a bottle and needs stitches.
(d) She breaks her leg.

12. 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?
(a) She is moving to Hawaii.
(b) She is still married, and she is having an affair.
(c) She is planning on leaving her family, including her young children.
(d) She is gay.

13. 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 abruptly leaves to go get food.
(b) When her husband tells Sloane to leave.
(c) When her husband tells Sloane he wants a divorce.
(d) When her husband starts to have sex with the other woman.

14. What kind of vehicle does the man Maggie becomes involved with in Hawaii drive?
(a) A sports car.
(b) A motorcyle.
(c) An SUV.
(d) A pickup truck.

15. 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?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Twelve months.
(d) Twenty-four months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Maggie become involved with in Hawaii?

2. What does Taddeo say frightened her mother in the Prologue?

3. In the first section focused on Maggie in Part II, what does Aaron Knodel text to her that first disturbs her slightly?

4. What trauma from high school does Lina reveal to the women in her discussion group?

5. What does Aaron Knodel tell Maggie is his reason for checking his car after she has gotten out of it?

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