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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one of Lina's favorite movies?
(a) Dying Young.
(b) Back to the Future.
(c) The Princess Bride.
(d) Seven.

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

4. In the Prologue, what does Taddeo say the man following her mother every day was doing behind her?
(a) Talking on his phone.
(b) Eating a croissant.
(c) Masturbating.
(d) Carrying flowers.

5. What does Aaron Knodel tell Maggie he wants to wait for to have sex with her?
(a) Until she tells her parents about their relationship.
(b) Until he can divorce his wife.
(c) Until her 18th birthday.
(d) Until she graduates from college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Lina at the party her male friend invites her to in the first section of the book focused on her?

2. What does the adult Maggie confides in at school about her experiences in Hawaii tell her?

3. Why does Lina go to a party with a boy, a friend, whom she does not really know very well in the first section of the book focused on her?

4. How many children does Aaron Knodel have with his wife in the second section of Part II that focuses on Maggie?

5. Which brother of Maggie's goes to court with her on the first day of Aaron Kndoel's trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Maggie start to think that Mr. Knodel's texts are becoming a bit strange for a student-teacher relationship?

2. How does Lina get back in touch with Aidan after so many years?

3. In the Prologue, what is Taddeo horrified to hear her own mother endured every day for a time as a young woman in Italy?

4. In Part I, what does 15 year-old Lina want more than anything else?

5. How does Sloane's and Richard's first threesome come about?

6. Why do Sloane and Richard decide to start their own restaurant in Newport?

7. What does the therapist Lina and Ed go to tell them both that frustrates Lina and makes her feel terrible?

8. What happens to Lina in high school that changes the rest of her life and makes the rest of high school very difficult?

9. What does Maggie do in Hawaii that changes how her family views her when she gets back from the trip?

10. In Part I, what initially enchants Lina about her physical relationship with Aidan as a teenager?

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