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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 happens when Maggie's family finds out she was involved with a much older man in Hawaii?
(a) They are angry at her, and tense about the whole situation, but eventually things in her family do calm down.
(b) Her parents kick her out of the house and tell her never to come back again.
(c) They threaten to send her away to a convent.
(d) They are fine with what has happened.

2. How long were Maggie's parents, Arlene and Mark, married?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 50 years.

3. In which country did Taddeo's mother work and live as a young woman outside of the U.S.?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

4. Which niece of Maggie's is born when she is a sophomore in high school?
(a) Edel.
(b) Noreen.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Emily.

5. Which brother of Maggie's goes to court with her on the first day of Aaron Kndoel's trial?
(a) Robert.
(b) David.
(c) James.
(d) Mark.

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. Which woman did Sloane have her first homosexual experiences with in college?

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

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

5. Which adult at school does Maggie confide in about what happened to her in Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Maggie react when she is demoted from varsity to JV soccer in high school?

7. What does Lina tell her women's support group that makes them all see her differently?

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

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

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

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