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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Maggie, what question does Aaron Knodel text to Maggie on New Years' Eve night that is suggestive?

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

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

5. What is the gossip in Sloane's town about Sloane's life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Maggie confide in Mr. Knodel about what happened to her in Hawaii?

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

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

8. What does Lina tell her support group that she thinks created her emotional loneliness?

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

10. In Part I, where do Lina and Aidan frequently meet to fool around?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Taddeo's choices concerning point-of-view. Taddeo writes Maggie Wilken's sections in the second-person, using "you" to refer to Maggie, while she writes Lina's and Sloane's sections in the third-person. Write an essay analyzing Taddeo's choice to use a different point of view for Maggie's sections.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think are Lina's main motivations in initiating and sustaining her affair with Aidan? How does Lina feel about her family dynamic and support system (or lack thereof) growing up throughout her childhood and adolescence? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

Taddeo writes that some of her mother's dying advice to her is to never let other people see that she is happy - especially other women. Write an essay analyzing how Taddeo's mother's advice seems to relate to the lives of each of the three women her book focuses on - Maggie, Lina, and Sloane.

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