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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. In what state does Maggie Wilken live?

2. What does the boy Lina has an intense crush on in high school call her as an affectionate nick name?

3. What does Maggie's sister tell her about how people dress in Hawaii?

4. What kind of illness did Mr. Knodel disclose that he had to Maggie's class?

5. At what point during their sexual experience with the first woman they invite into the bedroom does Sloane become upset with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Lina's impression of how the women in her discussion group view her after she reveals the circumstances and details of her affair with Aiden to them? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

During Maggie's alleged sexual relationship with Aaron Knodel, what does she think of the various rules he sets for her, and what does he explain as the purpose for these rules? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Maggie's recollection of the aftermath of her relationship with Mateo. What impression does her family's and classmates' reactions to the relationship leave on Maggie?

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