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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. What is one of Maggie's problems with her parents?
(a) They are both alcoholics.
(b) They are both unemployed.
(c) They both expect her to become a doctor, even though she does not want to.
(d) They are both very strict Orthodox Jewish people.

2. What does Lina do right before meeting Aidan on the first night she meets up with Aidan after years of not seeing each other?
(a) She goes to a movie.
(b) She goes to her book club.
(c) She goes to a friend's bachelorette party.
(d) She goes to a strip club.

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

4. 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 calls her baby.
(d) He does not clean himself up after they have sex.

5. What kind of illness did Mr. Knodel disclose that he had to Maggie's class?
(a) Crohn's Disease.
(b) Bipolar Disorder.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Testicular cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aaron Knodel tell Maggie he wants to wait for to have sex with her?

2. What does Maggie remember first hearing about Mr. Knodel from other students?

3. What kind of jobs does Sloane most like working in?

4. In the second section focused on Maggie in Part II, where does Maggie really want to go to college?

5. Who is the first person Sloane engages in a threesome with with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lina most frustrated about in her marriage with Ed?

2. Why does Maggie dress and do her makeup carefully as she prepares for her first day attending the trial of Aaron Knodel?

3. What do some people think is Maggie's motivation for accusing Aaron Knodel of a crime?

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

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

6. What does Aaron Knodel's defense lawyer ask Maggie about in Part I on the stand that the state's prosecution lawyer objects to?

7. What does Mr. Knodel tell Maggie about what happened to her in Hawaii?

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

9. What does Lina sometimes find herself asking Ed to try to make up for her husband's emotional and physical detachment?

10. How does Sloane deal with watching her husband have sex with other women in front of her?

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