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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 was Cary Grant’s birth name?
(a) Bartholomew Applecot.
(b) Dominic Plantagenet.
(c) Archibald Leach.
(d) Clarence Benedict.

2. How long does Working for Two report being with her wife?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 14 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 4 months.

3. How many years does Spent report working in nursing?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 23.
(d) 20.

4. For what word does Sugar provide an etymology?
(a) Obligate.
(b) Obtenebrate.
(c) Obstinate.
(d) Obliterate.

5. Where was Cary Grant born?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reptile does Sugar assert love would be, were it a reptile?

2. How many paragraphs does Sugar write to Living Dead Dad?

3. What does Sugar cite as the primary concern in the letters from Working for Two and Responsible One?

4. Which country does Sugar note having wanted to bicycle across?

5. What term does Sugar note not having previously understood?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Helpless Mom report functioning as a single mother despite being married?

2. To what does the letter-writer in “Bend” ascribe her emotional affair?

3. What is the first piece of advice Sugar asserts she would give to her twenty-something self?

4. What does Sugar note prompted her decision to become a parent?

5. What story does Sugar tell her husband that provokes the comment “You don’t have to be broken for me” (221)?

6. How does Sugar note a person can find forgiveness?

7. What general advice for what NOT to do does Sugar give?

8. What is the worst *mental* abuse C reports her brother perpetrating on her?

9. What questions does Sugar ask her memoir-writing students as they review student work?

10. What is the worst *physical* abuse C reports her brother perpetrating on her?

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